“It makes more sense to get something started in an imperfect state rather than to procrastinate forever.” Michael Casey, Sacred Reading – the Ancient Art of Lectio Divina
This week a quote from a little light reading I am doing on mystical Christian practices. Lecito Divina, or Scared Reading, can be traced back to the Benedictine Monastic orders and is currently under going a bit of a revival with us modern mystics.
More wisdom next week,
Andrew
Andrew's View of the Week 
Wise words I just needed to hear right now – thank you!
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You’re welcome.
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It’s very nice to know we share some similar reading interests, Andrew. And thank you for sharing a slice of very useful weekly wisdom!
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I thought it was well said. Likely I’ll have more to say on this book.
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Quite true. That’s what first drafts are for.
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and second, third, fourth…
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Very true.
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My dad used to say something along the lines of “better imperfectly done than never begun.”
Back when I started my blog, I had the account for about four months as I “did research” to make sure everything was perfect. Then one day Dad’s words came to me and I published my first post. I’ve written many imperfect posts ever since. 😉
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I did the same thing. Spent way too much time researching and perfecting blog things that I’ve never used. and my blog posts, likely would make most copy editors cringe.
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We had that very situation in my ukulele group. One player insisted that we must stay on one tune until we were perfect. Lordy, we’d still be playing the same song years later! How does one define perfect?
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Perfect is that place you never get to. I claim progress, not perfection.
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More and more, I need to tattoo “Just start” on my forehead. Too often I’m a victim of analysis paralysis.
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there are a number of tattoo artists who’d be happy to help with that. And yeah, I often over analyze too.
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Spot on, Andrew. A friend of mine is fond of saying, “We need to get into action, not into thought.”
Have a good weekend,
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So true, just starting gets you to the end faster than studying the problem.
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I agree with that. Often, the ending arrives by getting started.
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exactly, you can’t finish if you don’t start.
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Great wisdom for today. Thank you.
miriam
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You’re welcome – I found it good advice too.
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Andrew, this reminded me of something I learned many years ago from a futurist. He called it the “15% rule.” It says that once you know about 15% of what you need to undertake a project you should begin. Then, as you get additional information you can adjust your course if needed, but you’re on the way (and ahead others who tend to wait much too long!).
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I like that 15% rule. Perfect.
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Wisdom indeed….”starting is half finished”
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I loved this sentence the moment I read it.
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I’m not 100% sure, but I believe that is an Earl Nightingale quote. I’ve been using it for decades now. Glad you liked it
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love it! Thanks.
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