Learning to Lean

Instead of assuming bright holiness sprinkled with occasional glimpses of our humanity, we experience brilliant exceptions, glimpses of bright holiness which occasionally triumph against a competing backdrop. Though it is not the final picture---a brilliant exception it is still quite beautiful because it reminds us of another reality.

My friend and pastor recently said this, "Instead of trying to become more Holy, lean into the Holiness that you already are."

Is peace experienced in (vainly?) striving to attain the former, always brilliant lens? Can peace be experienced "on earth as it is in heaven" by simply knowing the constant brilliance already exists?
It might not come naturally or all the time, but when we accept/expect this even before we fully experience it, we enable others to do the same.