Paul Tripp has written another insightful article on ministry for pastors here, but the paragraph below is helpful for all of us as we seek to disciple one another.

You are most loving, patient, kind, and gracious when you realize you desperately need every truth you could give to another. You are most humble and gentle when you realize the person you are ministering to is more like you than unlike you. When you have inserted yourself into another category that tends to make you think you have arrived, it is very easy to be judgmental and impatient.