Most of us try to live exemplary lives; we really do try to do our best. But there's no need for us to try to do better than our very best. Consider the simple act of washing a coffee cup, for example. When you wash a coffee cup, you do not need to do a perfect job. You do not need to try to make the cup perfect or worry about whether you yourself are perfect. You don't measure the temperature of the water or agonize over the pH balance of the soap. You just wash the cup. If you handle the cup with care, there will be nothing separating you from the cup. There will be no daydreams or distractions, no recriminations, no ideas of self and other, no barriers between you and what you're doing. There will just be washing the cup, and your entire life will be in it.
— Gary Thorp, Sweeping Changes