Perfectionism Is Slow Death.

By Approaching My Problems With "what Might Make Things A Little Better?" Rather Than "what Is The Solution?" I Avoid Setting Myself Up For Certain Frustration. My Experience Has Shown Me That I Am Not Going To Solve Anything In One Stroke; At Best I Am Only Going To Chip Away At It.

Before, I Thought I Was Actually Fighting For My Own Self-worth; That Is Why I So Desperately Wanted People To Like Me. I Thought Their Liking Me Was A Comment On Me, But It Was A Comment On Them.

The Ego, As A Collection Of Our Past Experiences, Is Continually Offering Miserable Lines Of Thought. It's As If There Were A Stream With Little Fish Swimming By, And When We Hook One Of Them There Is A Judgment. The Ego Is Constantly Judging Everybody And Everything. It Has Its Constant Little Chit Chat About Things That Can Happen In The Future, Things About The Past, Too, And These Are The Little Fish That Swim By. And What We Learn To Do-this Is Why It Takes Work-is To Not Reach Out And Grab A Fish.

It Is Enough That I Am Of Value To Somebody Today.

I Can Not 'make My Mark' For All Time - Those Concepts Are Mutually Exclusive. 'lasting Effect' Is A Self-contradictory Term. Meaning Does Not Exist In The Future And Neither Do I. Nothing Will Have Meaning 'ultimately.' Nothing Will Even Mean Tomorrow What It Did Today. Meaning Changes With The Context. My Meaningfulness Is Here. It Is Enough That I Am Of Value To Someone Today. It Is Enough That I Make A Difference Now.