Only Us (continued)

People are what they are and it’s irrelevant anyway. When people complain about each other, they often accuse each other of being one of these three – lazy, crazy, stupid. These characterizations may not be entirely inaccurate. Not because particular people are one of those things. Because almost all of us have been all of those things at some point in time. But we are much else besides. If you call someone lazy, crazy, or stupid, he will most assuredly be able to point out one of the many ways in which you yourself have failed to achieve perfection. If you show respect for his accomplishments and compassion for his weaknesses, he will likely do the same. You don’t really need for him to be anything in particular anyway and you can’t change whatever it is that he is. You need for him to do something. Tell him what you need and he will tell you whether he can and whether he will.