The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-26

IT will pay YOU to seek the sunny
side of people
Leave their angles alone.
Every story has its two sides and
q pretty poor sort of tale it would be
which had not a reverse aspect,
A circle has an inside and an out
side, and we all see things from many
viewpoints and different understand
ing of motives.
Most all interesting personalities arc
several-sided.
We who only see one side of a
man may not judge of his whole char
acter by our knowledge of a part
SO, when we see the SCARED and
seamy side Of man. in the mould OF
gruffness and hrusqueness. separated
and divorced from his motives. we do
not know that mans true. and prob
ably beautiful nature, because his
sunny side does not meet our APP
proach.
Always remember man is beneath
manners and "A disconnected, discor-
dant mortal is no more man than
discord is music"
Duteous Search.
It Is not only for your betterment
and pleasure, but 1t Is positive duty.
that you seek the sunny side of man
kind.
This thing called humanity" says
a contemporary. lis a great event"
Are we not commanded 70 love our
neighbor as ourselves. and II we are
to do that we must employ that same
sort of peaceable contract we make
for life with ourselves when we say:
If | am to live with me, any error
either one of us may cause the other
to commit will assuredly bring distress
TO both and to have the best we
must give the best
Many natures have hidden sunshine
covered by scars Of sorrow, hard wars
with temptations and wrong thought
choking down the sunshine of truth
Temperament is a power for oppo-
site uses.
1t may have disposition to be
sweet or sour service.
The famous bell in the cathedral
of the city of Cologne was cast from
the cannon once used for an attack
on that city.
People who may prove very pleas
ant office companions or ideal jolliers
of the pavement are often wrathy and
domineering In the atmosphere of the
home or parlor intercourse.
Sugar-Coated Hours.
But the sourest of mortals, the sad
dest Of cynics, has his sweet days"
when ones very heart opens wide the
door of sunny JOY gardens
Don't you believe a man lives who
does not have them.
You don't see any signs OF them in
q certain person?
That man, you say, is always SOM
hre, gloomy, sullen,
But. honestly. have YOU looked for
anything else from him?
NJ
ture?
Have YOU ever searched for his sun
ny side?
Pin smile or fasten a glad thought
on his coat of reserve and look for
his gladness.
You will not seek in vain.
Ill nature can never outlast nor
withstand the eOurtship of joy.
Life will seem mellower to you
And earth more good and golden vixen
You cultivate the point of view
That finds the sunny side of men"
You say 1t is often too laborious to /
pan out the gold from filth, but the |
miner does not say SO, as he patiently |
washes pan after pan of dirt and I
dust. that he may rejoice in golden I
treasure In the dregs.
Rebellion vs.. Acquiesccncc.
Ill nature has its root in self pity, |
and when human thought is fixed in /
shadow, light can never transform.
Present to the discordant tho omen
vision which gives God both the re-
sponsibility and the glory, then YOU
VIII have removed the root of mortars ,
soured thoughts.
buttermiik memory is an unpleas-
ant mental acid.
Sweeten II by the sugars of har-
nony and truth.
Call out the good. human sunshine.
even II at your own expense, and let
he sights, differences and contrary
'orces be to you like the eddies of n
powerful river. never really turning
you from your onward course 10 n
inai victory at the sea.
The blessings of one sunny nature
rave peopled world in the joys and
'eace always found In harmony.