We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics.

He's getting better by leaps and bounds.

It's growing by leaps and bounds.

Every year we are growing by leaps and bounds.

By the end of the first year she had improved leaps and bounds.

What we need to understand is that when traditions become laws, rules, obligations and expectations others put on us that we don't want to fulfill, then they lose real meaning and steal the joy from our lives. And if we're too religious, we won't be able to be led by the Holy Spirit and enjoy an intimate relationship with Him.