rs the same forgiveness, compassion, and understanding that we grant our closest friends as they navigate the complex challenges of theToo often, when we accept someone as a leader, we place our faith in that person to the degree that exceeds what is humanly possible. We expect them to be beyond fault and to not make mistakes. This, of course, is neither realistic nor prudent. Like everyone, leaders are people living human lives, and part of that reality is learning through experience and working out our individual karmas. They will make missteps and there will be things they would do differently given a second chance. If we are to be fair, we need to grant our leaders the same forgiveness, compassion, and understanding that we grant our closest friends as they navigate the complex challenges of theie expect them to be beyond fault and to not make mistakes. This, of course, is neither realistic nor prudent. Like everyone, leaders are people living human lives, and part of that reality is learning through experience and working out our individual karmas. They will make missteps and there will be things they would do differently given a second chance. If we are to be fair, we need to grant our leaders the same forgiveness, compassion, and understanding that we grant our closest friends as they navigate the complex challenges of thee people living human lives, and part of that reality is learning through experience and working out our individual karmas. They will make missteps and there will be things they would do differently given a second chance. If we are to be fair, we need to grant our leaders the same forgiveness, compassion, and understanding that we grant our closest friends as they navigate the complex challenges of theake missteps and there will be things they would do differently given a second chance. If we are to be fair, we need to grant our leaders the same forgiveness, compassion, and understanding that we grant our closest friends as they navigate the complex challenges of thers the same forgiveness, compassion, and understanding that we grant our closest friends as they navigate the complex challenges of their human life.

Leaders are ordinary people doing extraordinary things, in that they have the ability to guide and inspire large groups of people. In this role, they agree, to some degree, to be responsible for the well-being of others. Because of this, we hold them up to a higher standard of behavior, and in some ways this is fair. However, we will only be disillusioned and disappointed if we expect them to be perfect. If they were perfect, they would not be here on earth. The most we can expect of our leaders is that they make i