USING 'I'M NOT PERFECT' AS AN EXCUSE AND EXPECTING PERFECTION FROM OTHERS IS GROWING TIRESOME TO ME. JESUS, THE FIRST CONTROVERSIAL JEWISH METAPHYSICAL PHILOSOPHER OF HIS ERA, WISELY ADVISED, 'THOU HYPOCRITE, CAST OUT THE BEAM IN YOUR OWN EYE FIRST, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE CLEARLY TO CAST OUT THE MOTE IN YOUR BROTHER'S EYE.'