“Perfectionism has no place in writing… Likewise, I’m learning perfectionism has no place in living either. Just as a writer must embrace a rough draft as a necessary means to a book’s successful end, I had to learn how to embrace my life’s process. Including the countless ways my shortcomings and flaws have made me a better character in my own story. Life must be lived with a writer’s courage. Just as a blank page cannot be improved, nothing can be done with an unlived, untried life. To date to live will involve mistakes and missteps… Perfection is impossible. But a rough draft, no matter how flawed, sits within reach of an artist’s redemption. ” – Michelle Cushatt Undone