PHILOSOPHY FLOWERS

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Progress

I took a picture on my phone today.

I was standing in the middle of a mess when I did it.  A gasoline can at my feet...a lawnmower next to it.  Odds and ends that need a home, dirty containers, rotting flowers, spider webs, a random five dollar bill — sometimes that's all I see.  

But as I stepped back for a second a word came to my mind — Progress.  

In March I built these rolling carts.  One has a crooked leg...gives it character I suppose.  They are big and I like them.  Last week Jesse painted them.  I found these lamps I like on a trip to DC this spring...makes it feel friendly.  Last year at this time I had a little wobbly card table.  Progress!

I think we should tell perfectionism to take a hike and celebrate progress more.