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life's better when people look upon your errors with indulgence. that's what family, friendships and marriage (should) provide.
As my man George Washington said: "I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence; and that, after forty five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal...
"the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest."
i find myself more indulgent the older i've gotten. age really takes the edge off many things.
my last siblings, for example, have heard tales of my viciousness, but it's only tales - not their experience.
my last siblings, for example, have heard tales of my viciousness, but it's only tales - not their experience.
back in the day, i'd visit home and they'd come reporting each other to me, hoping i'd don the first-born cloak and swiftly deal out punishment.
and my mum would laugh and say 'Justin isn't like that anymore. He just thinks you're all so adorable.'
and my mum would laugh and say 'Justin isn't like that anymore. He just thinks you're all so adorable.'
when you're indulgent, it doesn't mean you're overlooking their flaws, but that you're aware of them, and even find them...charming.
Charming. Isn't that something?
Charming. Isn't that something?
The partner who keeps forgetting the things you asked them to do isn't someone who never listens to you, but a lovely scatterbrain who'd lose their heads if it wasn't screwed on :')
The partner who clams up after every dispute isn't a manipulative, malicious little witch but a petulant baby who needs some coaxing after every tiff.
And people, they eventually learn to be better in environments that give them the opportunity to.
Yet - curiously enough - people continue to ascribe malice to errors.
If you're partnered up with someone, you honestly have to assume good faith, until bad faith has been demonstrably displayed, in which case that should mark the end of the partnership.
If you're partnered up with someone, you honestly have to assume good faith, until bad faith has been demonstrably displayed, in which case that should mark the end of the partnership.
