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When you strive for perfection, you compare different versions of what could be instead of being present with what is. Perfectionism is an attempt to inhabit an imaginary world in order to avoid experiencing the world in which you live.

Gary Zukav

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Gary Zukav
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: October 17
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Soldier
Port Arthur
Texas
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