One of my students asked me the other day, “I practice so hard… why do I still make mistakes?”
And I said, “Easy. Because you’re human.”
The outcome of practicing hard isn’t perfect.
…Expecting this of ourselves is to overlook our nature as imperfect creatures.
The outcome of practicing hard is better… and better is the most we should ever ask of ourselves as we continue our quests not towards perfect… but towards understanding… towards confidence… towards art… towards mastery… towards self-actualization… towards legacy… towards expressing what it means to uniquely human—uniquely us.