Please accept me as I am.

When  people criticize me, I generally take it in stride. With good humor. Even if it’s an insult. I make no big deal of it. But when I respond with a slight insult, they may take umbrage. They ain’t laughing. Anyway, I’m a much better communicator than most people. Because I tell what’s on my mind.  I hold back maybe 10 percent, just to be kind. I put up with crap that I shouldn’t have to put up with. I am much more tolerant of misbehavior than they are. I accept them  as they are. The bad with the good. That’s why I am forgiving. Because most people are predominantly good. I don’t require anyone to be perfect. But I’ve had a critic or two expecting me to be perfect. I tell them, please accept me as I am. --Jim