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Stop Expecting Perfection, instead PROGRESSION!

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Stop expecting perfection from yourself. Stop expecting perfection from your neighbour. Stop expecting  perfection from your parents. Stop expecting  perfection from your church leaders. Stop expecting  perfection from your roommates, friends, spouses, children, etc.  “Except for Jesus, there have been no flawless performances on this earthly journey were perusing. So while in mortality let’s strive for steady improvement without obsessing over what behavioral scientists might call toxic perfectionism.” -Jeffery R. Holland Isn't the commandment "to be perfect" (3 Nephi 12:48) such a daunting and overwhelming request? For me, it is.  But living in the fallen world and state that we do, I believe that Heavenly Father isn't commanding us to be perfect and wanting us to feel inadequate and awful about ourselves when we fall short. Truth is, we will probably ALWAYS fall short. We will not achieve perfection alone in this life. That is w...