The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-16

tating qualities of others.
As q general rule. the fault
finder has no one To blame but
himself for his unhappy state of
mind. He isn't thinking right, to
begin with, for he expects perfec-
ton of others Ia thing he will
never find, for this world is not
utopia) and he makes no effort
TO improve himself. As result he
gets the same treatment he gives
and ends up by being first rate
fault finder. That Is, If you can
call a fault finder first rate"
The complsiner adds to his feel
ing of bitterness by resenting the
success of others, a success he, too,
could achieve if he put his energy
into work instead of wasting IL IN
senseless fault finding. Laziness
and an indifference toward self
Improvement leave him with a
knowledge Of his own inadeqnacy
and as result he looks about to
seewhom he can hate and revile for
Retting along better than himself.
It il normal for everyone TO
resent some other human being at
times. oil. to fight against being
left on the side lines, but IL GER
tainly is not normal TO sit around
and moan over our own bad luck
and to declare that this person, or
that person has cheated us out of
our right deserts. We usually get
Just what is coming to us.
The man who complains be-
cause someone in the office Is get
ting all the breaks" doesn't know
It, but he is telling his listeners
that his failure is his own fault.
If he could deliver the goods" he
wouldn't have time TO be jealous
of others.
The girl who whincs because she
has to stay home and blames others
for her lack of invitations, invar-
iably is the girl who doesn't try to
be pleasant. When she gets a
chance to have good time, she
makes no effort to enjoy every
moment but has lots more fun
storing up imaginary grievances
30 she will have fine tale Of woe
to tell when she gets home. She
seldom gets the second invitation
and the fun" she evidently gets
out of complaining about II is
doubtful pleasure, indeed.
Fault finders never ask them |
selves. What have ! done that
keeps me from succeeding or
Il wonder why the fellows don't /
like me? 1t must be my fault"
Instead they say to themselves,
Those guys haven't any right to /
pick on me. after all I've done for /
them. Well. Ill sure fix them
when I get chance"
Such are the mental processes /
of faultfinders. Nagging wives tell
outsiders about their husbands
faults. overbearing and stingy
husbands stress the extravaganza
of wives who seldom get their
fingers on a cent.
Without exception these fault |
finders consider themselves per-
feet. or near pcrfect---a long suf-
fering group--tolerant and fine of /
disposition. They insist that they
never seek fight, yet they usually |
are In one. and this proof is bound |
to set their listeners to thinking.
The fault finder deserves pity
only because he is a sick person
mentally. His exaggerated sense
Of abuse Is the result of a frustra-
tion he could overcome II he had
the intestinal fortitude to fight his
way out Of his dark abode. But
he lacks that fortitude because he
10 lazy and considering the import
ant fact that most Of his help de-
pends on himself 1t Is small wonder
he gets 30 little sympathy. Busy
people have neither time nor incli-
nation to give 1t to him.
To Mother"
No, there was nothing dreadful
about the writing paper which was
given your little girl for Christ
mas. If the woman who criticized
= had stopped to think she prob
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