Reset Your "People" Filter

When you are around people, mentally hit a reset button on how and who you perceive them as.
People are constantly changing and learning.
Even if they are living in the past, you should be there to pull them into the brighter and boundless future that the present has to offer.
We have a new day every 24 hours because we need a marker that comes often. We need a fresh indicator that presents us with a choice to either pick up the same old bat and swing at the ball that was thrown years ago, or pick up the glove and catch opportunities that are being thrown to us (whether by God or other people) and play the game with others who are learning from each other and are having fun playing towards a unified goal of progression in life.
I say all of this ultimately to remind myself that if I don't live in the past and therefore don't criticize my present self for past mistakes or actions, I must treat others with the same respect that I extend to myself.
Thus, I can't treat others as if they are the same person they were a month ago, or a year ago, or even yesterday for that matter.
People may repeat trivial mistakes, but they are a different person each time they make it.
Treat people like the success they will achieve and the wonderful person they will become and you will help them become that person.