I remember hearing a couple years ago a story about President Hinckley not taking the sacrament one Sunday. This may be an urban legend, I’d have to google around for a while to find out for sure. But he allegedly felt bad because during the administering of the sacrament he had been thinking about Church administration issues instead of the Savior.

Whoa. How often does my mind go off on tangents during the Sacrament service? If true, this story illustrates your point about one’s sins becoming more apparent as we grow nearer to perfection. I have a looooooooooong way to go!

Perhaps it was the guilt trips that often come upon missionaries and the like that caused you to feel this way. There was a talk on Saturday afternoon that included ‘unnecessary guilt’ and ‘exaggerated imperfections’ that might be helpful. I can’t remember who gave it, but I do believe it wa on Saturday afternoon session.