Be The Friend You Want to Have

We expect perfection from everyone else.  Then when they fail to meet our impossible expectations, live up to our unreasonable standards and jump over our ridiculous hurdles, we threaten to cut ties with them and sometimes do.  How we forget about our own issues by accentuating the faults in others!  How we avoid dealing with ourselves by pointing out the inadequacies in others!  All of our mistakes have great excuses.  Our shortcomings should be met with mercy and understanding.  But there is no excuse for others?  The person who sets unreachable standards for his friends, while failing to reach them himself is sure to find himself alone.