The Discipline of a Beautiful Life Perfection is perhaps the hardest place to live. For one thing, we simply cannot stay there forever. Even when life feels almost perfect—when the people we love are well, our work is fulfilling, our relationships feel secure, and the future seems to be unfolding exactly as we hoped—something eventually changes. Because life changes. People change. Circumstances change. We change. And no one ever promised us a rose garden—or tomorrow—so when