I make mistakes.  You make mistakes.  We all make mistakes.

What I allow myself to do is create a level of perfection in my own personal expectations and when I make a mistake, I don't allow myself to embrace the grace from the one true perfection.  I sit on the mistake, I recreate the situation in my head and let it eat at me until it drives me bonkers.

Why can't I just let go?  Because for that moment(s) I am forgetting that not one person on this earth can reach perfection.  Nobody.  And when our pride gets in the way and we fool ourselves into thinking that we're pretty good, or we're not as much in need of grace and mercy as others...well, that's when we're wrong.  Dead wrong. 

And perhaps realizing that perfection is out of reach for any one person, perhaps that should motivate us to dish out grace, mercy, forgiveness, compassion, kindness and understanding for someone else when they make a mistake.  Even when they don't realize it.

Only the Perfect One is perfect.  Jesus Christ was the only person who could walk each day of life in absolute perfection.  And He gives perfect grace, perfect mercy, perfect forgiveness.  And perfect love.