An excerpt from my book Taking Off My Comfortable Clothes
Holiness is not being an expert at everything you put your mind to; it is being truthful and transparent with who you are while not trying to be something you are not. Furthermore, I’m discovering that transparency and holiness is a gift of getting older, because pride and the need to prove myself successful isn’t the precious commodity it once was.
Here are a few more thoughts on Holiness.
* Be real with who you are. Accept and embrace your gifts and talents as well as your sins and limitations.
* Beware of succumbing to someone’s personal (or organizational) standards for holiness, especially if they have no Scriptural basis.
* Find people in your life that will hold you accountable for living a holy life, a life sacred to God and separate from the standards of the world, but who will also encourage you and your dreams at the same time.
* Run from every naysayer who will try to make your life conform to his or her mediocre box of fears.
* Holiness is not a matter or eating, drinking or dressing. It is living the character of Christ.
* Memorize this quote from Albert Einstein: “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
Thinking Out Loud 
Well done. It is nice to know that holiness isn’t just making sure the root beer you are drinking is in a clear bottle instead of a brown bottle. (Remember that sign on Stan Steward’s office?)
DP