Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-03-09

" them alone. for probably they win
not hurt ~ much; bit II they are based
On nothing, Or leSs than nothing, 1t Will
be beneficial to change them.
Such change can be made, ~ din
cult as 1t may appear.
Action Ia, of course, the best road.
Thinking About changing will do, for
some natures. but most respond better
to determination put into action.
II there Is some person you dislike,
principally because hk appearance Is
not to your taste, move forward to .
better Understanding Of him BY doing
him 4 service, however small.
You may surprise yourself land Ger
tainly liifn) by coming to q better APP
probation Of his better qualities.
| Nothing y more common than for
men. as they grow older, to lament to
themselves the perhaps too honest
things they have said which needlessly
| offended other human beinns.
| A coed term Of illness recalls these
| Incidents, like old pains cropping out
| again, and one regrets them and wishes
that candor had not gone to such
lengths.
The fault does not lie entirely with
the plain speaker, however.
Some Of it attaches squarely to the
person who refused to accept q plain
statement Of fact simply as . plain
statement of fact, and nothing more
He did not 30 accept 1t, however; he
insisted on reading into the words 4
bitterness which was not there unless
one read It in
It Is the old war between the man
who deals In distractions and him who
understands particularities only.
II q harsh remark about an imper-
sonal class y made In the presence Of 4
man who fancies himself in that class.
instantly he draws himself up, feeling
himself rebuked and insulted, whereas
the maker Of the remark was merely
thinking aloud. with no intent to in
clude the other at all
One should not think aloud. evidently
Nothing could be clearer than that. II
one desires popularity and the approval
Of all.
Thinking aloud IL dangerous. not oulv
because many hearers viii not under.
stand 1t and will not approve of 1t. but
principally because they insist on tax
ing 1t as personal, merely because 1t IA
addressed to them.
distractions. therefore may be re-
garded as supremely DANGEROUS in the
everyday life. 1t may be interesting.
from time to time. to utter 4 few, and
watch the fur begin to fly, but the draw
backs are more than the benefits.
Many honest persons are discrimi-
mated against. in q sense, because they
foolishly insist on being themselves" al
they say. and refuse to understand the
limitation Of the popular mind In regard
to the abstraction.
II more charity were used In relation
to these singularly obtuse persons. many
. person who now harbors resentment
would experience the delight of moving
forward In genuine liking, rather than
away in mistaken dislike.
Action Is necessary There must be
something done besides stand and con-
template and decide whether on likes"
or whether one "dislikes" another.
something Of the same holds true
with regard to so many OF the ordinary
preferences and their opposites. The
| rainy day holds disease for MANY
largely because they have not put them
selves In the position of seeing its GOOD
points, its picturesque qualities, its e.
sential helpfulness.
Move toward 1t, however, along the
garden path, and the rainbow straight
way appears, shining In the heavens.
There may be no pot of gold at its foot,
but there is something better, there is
honest liking and supreme content,
beauty and happiness amid the flowers.