Who enjoys the best of us?

We often preserve the best of ourselves for those who mean the least... Surely, it ought to be the other way around?

One of life's greatest ironies is how often we treat friends, co-workers and even strangers ... better than we treat our own family.

You wake up at 5:00am on a dreary winter morning, knowing that you've got to meet your gym partner for a session at 5:30am. You get there, and they don't turn up. You receive a text message over an hour later: "Really sorry…