I’m not sure when I read it, or exactly what it was, so let’s just say I have a somewhat faulty recall of the facts.
I pretty sure it was a Chinese saying about a writer making sure to deliberately leave a mistake in the manuscript as a reminder that nothing you write will ever be perfect.
No matter how good a writer is, there are going to be mistakes that the editors fail to recognize, as well as words you privately wish you would have used instead of what was printed.
That’s the way it goes.
There are perfect pitches in this ball game called life that you wish you would have swung on and knocked out of the park.
Then there are imperfect pitches that you clobbered with a flawed swing.
Take it all be as it is. Let it ride.
Winning an ugly game is still a win.
Enjoy your weekend in a perfectly imperfect way.
Matthew Furey
P.S. As for my latest book, Psycho-Cybernetics 365, there is at least one typo, and it’s early on. Ugh! But based on all the positive feedback I have received about the book and how it has become the perfect way to begin one’s day, I can still chalk it up as another victory that I can replay in the Theatre of My Mind.
