The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-28
Far Sight" For Faults

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The only thing that can easily be found where does
not exist is fault.
That is, you can easily find it in Others But in your
SELF though you be blackened with it, you can't it.
Ii the other fellow has falkland sometimes if he
hash are quick to perceive it, And, of course, you
know how it might promptly be remeded It is the sim
pest thing in the world to know the remedy for faults of
the other fellow.
You necessarily find fault with the weather 1t is too
warm or too cold too wet too dry too sunny too
cloudy and you have good deal to say about it. Very
seldom day just to your TASTE and then you
to complain that the may be bad To hear you
60 about it day after day and week after week.
simpeton might suppose that if you only had control of
the weather for while you would teach Divine Prov
idence thing or two.
And the times never suit you It's either hard times,
else other people making much money by
methods you don't know anything about and don't ap
prove Deep your subconsciousness you quite
that making which you can't comprehend and can
initiate can't be honest At the time for the man
poorer than yourself you have little respect Had he your
energy and your intellect you think he would be well
off you So you find grounds for complaint in that
richer than yourself and poorer than
yourself and that you not richer than you To hear
your voube gongson about might suppose that if
you regulating the complicated business affairs of the
world they would be far better managed-even though
can't regulate your present little part in them to your
satisfaction.
And the government is all wrong, too in your opinion.
AS matter OF fact you may confess to yourself that
you unable to with real discrimination for county
sheriff. but you do think you know all about running the
national government and settling all international Difficult
ties You may not know why your ward has boodler
in the town council but you find all kinds of fault with
the president Of the United States the governor of the
state
You may be loudly preaching for worldwide peace,
when you can't get along amcably with your wife.
You may not be able to successfully little
grocery but you think you know all about regulating the
big trusts.
You don't what the elements of failure in your
business affairs but you think you know just exactly
what are the faults of the great railroads
You not be able to write two sentences grammat-
icay think two connected thoughts consecutvey but
you possibly finding fault with this able editorial and
fOoishly imagining that you could write better one
The trouble with you is easily diagnosed It is of
the most disorders under the You FAR
sighted" in your mental vision. You only the things
that beyond the reach of your hands and blind
those that lie about you You the faults of the other
fellow, but not your
And how much time and worry you waste over faults
that beyond your reach to remedy and how many
portunes you miss to correct the faults that directly
under your control!
find without aid of magnifying glass, enough faults to
correct which will keep out of other peoples business
the rest of your life.
What affair is it of yours that the Japs and Russians
bent slaugherng another? Of far import
ance is it to the world and you that you your wife
and your neghbors ground for contention with you.
Of what avail are your puny protests against the
weather? 1t is enough for you to take advantage of the
sunshine and prepare for the rainy day.
No amount of compainngs change the times in the
least The most that may be done by the wsest of
to fit himself into them.
See that your proposed political reforms begin at home
IF you make honest and intelligent citizen of yourself
you will have done the most you possibly do toward
establishing honest and intelligent government.
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