Christ did not ask for our perfection but for our authenticity. Perfection does not belong to this world, nor to man, but only to God. Man cannot be perfect because he is created and mortal. Every attempt in this world to meet perfection ends in neurosis. We carry death but thirst for eternity. We live on earth longing for heaven. Death does not fit us because we were made for immortality. So let us step out of the anxiety of neurotic perfection. Let us leave behind the toxic guilt that constantly finds us incapable and useless. Let us embrace what we "are" and what we can truly "become." For only a person who lives with gratitude in the present can shape a wonderful tomorrow. Perfection is neither a human condition nor a reality of this present phase of life. When Christ tells us to become perfect, as God is perfect, He does not refer to our own perfection, for this cannot exist in a world marked by time and death.