Hi, Kevin:

It would be comforting to say that as you get older, you become less concerned with perfection and more comfortable with reality. That's a real blessing if you grow into the maturity, but not everyone does. Some people remain paralyzed by the fear of failing until the day they die. Someone said it the way I see it... don't remember who... The only thing worse than failing is not trying. Or something to that effect. The man(or woman) who can laugh at him(or her) self when they make a mistake has risen above the quest for perfection.

Jerry