Well, that’s the beauty of acceptance. It’s not the same thing as complaicency. As Nietzsche would say, man is something to be surpassed. Part of the role of the independent thinker is to stretch the previous limits of human experience and capability.

Those who care about humanity make good social engineers, coaches, counselors, and encouraging friends, so long as they stay realistic. Some people mistake realism for defeatism, but when you’ve seen that though someone can’t change their potential, they can definitely learn to live with it, you can see the talented intelligent person in the crackhead.

The thing is that regardless of how great they can be, they aren’t and may not ever act on their potential. So tough love is indeed the best kind. Nobody but emotional vampires enjoy being pitied anyway.