Why can we so easily overlook in ourselves the faults we are quick to
spot in others? It is easy to be objective when it comes to criticizing
our friends, family members, and business associates, but it is far
more difficult to be honest about our own shortcomings. Only when we
recognize that we are all human, with the same faults and failings, do
we begin to develop that wonderful quality of tolerance that enables us
to accept others as they are and ask nothing in return. Replacing
faultfinding with "good-finding" is never easy. But when you become one
who always compliments instead of criticizes, you become the kind of
friend we would all like to have.
