http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/krishna-fire-amp-smoke en-us 60 <p align="center"><em>&quot;No one should abandon duties because he sees defects in them. </em></p><p align="center"><em>Every action, every activity, is surrounded by defects as a fire is surrounded by smoke.&quot;</em></p><p align="center">&nbsp;</p><p align="center">~ Krishna</p><p align="center">from <em>The Bhagavad Gita</em></p><p>Maslow taught us that there are no perfect human beings and Rumi reminds us that <em>&quot;There is no worse sickness for the soul, o you who are proud, than this pretense of perfection.&quot;</em></p><p>The moment we allow ourselves to be less than perfect, we open ourselves up to the opportunity to grow...</p><p>Here's to many of those moments.</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:14 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:239:239 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/239