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Mike Harvey wrote:
> *If you treat an individual as he is, he will stay as he is; but if   you
> treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he   will
> become what he ought to be and could be.  Goethe

Dave responds:
I see where you are coming from with this quote...however, sometimes, if
people don't act or live the way we think they should, we'll end up
disappointed. I always try to see the best in people even if I don't
agree with their lifestyle. I've learned that not everyone is on the
same spiritual level. 

But if we do unto others as we would have them do unto us, I think that
this is the exception since our Lord stated this.