Ultimately, I’ve come to believe that in each moment, we’re all doing the best that we can. When I see life through this lens, I can allow others the space to be themselves, even when I’ve judged their behavior as inadequate or downright hurtful. When I challenge the belief that others are driven by ill intentions, and instead hold the dialectic that “he is doing the best that he can do,” it lessens my anger and makes the mistakes of others more tolerable. When I walk through the world expecting others to be perfect, I am setting myself up for a miserable existence—for no one, including
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