"You take people as they are"

Here's my thoughts on that comment. How do you take people for anything other than what they are? I mean, to see potential is amazing, but to realize that they have a bit before they get to a point where they reach that potential is also admirable. I never realized it was a positive thing about me to accept human nature and when people are giving it all they have that really is what they can produce. Holding people to a high standard is just dandy, but also realizing that it takes some work for everyone to reach that point. I think it comes back to those Christlike attributes we're all attempting to comprehend. Jesus Christ took people as they are. That's the goal.