And if by chance, we find each other, it's beautiful. If not, it can't be helped. In the more recent Gestalt Journal edition of this book, there is an excellent introduction by Michael Vinvent Miller, which puts the book and the Gestalt Prayer in the context of the times - the '6o's. Miller notes that much of what is in the book and prayer are as much about the era as about Gestalt therapy. Remember this was a time of the quick sound bite to encapsulate a movement.
Perfectionism is a curse and a strain.
For you tremble lest you miss the bulls-eye. You are perfect if you let be. Friend don't be afraid of mistakes. Mistakes are not sins. Mistakes are ways of doing something different, perhaps creatively new.