IF WE LIVE TENSE, PRETENTIOUS IN FRONT OF OTHERS, WE END UP TIRED AND EXHAUSTED. BUT IF WE LOOK AT THEIR LIMITATIONS AND SHORTCOMINGS WITH TENDERNESS AND GENTLENESS, WITHOUT FEELING BETTER THAN THEM, WE CAN HELP THEM AND AVOID USING OUR ENERGIES IN UNNECESSARY LAMENTATIONS. FOR SAINT THERESE OF LISIEUX, “PERFECT CHARITY CONSISTS IN BEARING THE DEFECTS OF OTHERS, NOT TO BE SURPRISED BY THEIR WEAKNESSES. »