Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-10-14
.MACMUSES
By MAC 000PM

LArimore.E North Dakot1-The
prairie, fiat and fAr-reaching. with
few trees and no lakes. u our pres
ent environment This 10 the
F1ickertail state. named after its
prairie gophers. II ranks second
TO Kansas In wheat production
and Is one Of our greatest Agri-
cultural states. Ineidently, II 10
the birth place Of this correspond
emit We are enjoying . week end
with our two little grand daugh-
tiers, Nancy and Wsndy.
We quote from cleda Reyner. In
Daily World, the following article
on Human Relati0ns."
II win never trust another per-
son as long a. I 1--we" These are
the words that q woman spoke TO
me in . moment Of bitter disap-
pointment about the conduct Of
another person. She had expected
different course OF conduct on
his part. Therein lay the cause Of
her disappointment. and therein
lies the cause Of most Of the dis
appointments and hurt feelings
that all Of u experience because
OF other people.
We want others TO act as we
expect them TO or hope they win,
and they 20 often fail to do II. II
Is perfectly human TO assume that
other persons win feel and act ex-
actly an we would under the same
circumstances; but there are
many reasons why they do not.
In all probability we have all
learned the same commandments
and the same general rules Of con-
duct, but these are subject TO q
multitude Of interpretations and
applications. To act a. we would
act the other person would have to
have had exactly the same train
ing that we have had. the same
environment, and been exposed TO
the influence Of the same teachers
and friends and family, the same
experiences. and the same mental
and emotional makeup.
"sInce this h an utter Inn
possibility we must for our own
sake and for the sake Of the per.
sons who enter the circle Of our
life. try not 20 expect others 10
conform wholly 70 our beliefs,
views, standards and Ideals.
The very Joy OF living depends
upon q flexible attitude toward
other persons. Someone said Of q
person he knew: He has qualities
that I feel at home with: toler-
ance. gentleness. common sense.
humaneness, and simplicity. He
is tactful and unsurpassed at hu-
man Inconsistencies The phrase
'unsurprised at human inconsis-
tencies' was to me the cream Of
the compliment, For back of the
lack OF surprise must be an ev-
pansive soul. one that has per-
ceived that there are many facets
TO human nature and that not all
Of them have been exposed 70 the
same degree Of polishing. This
lack Of polish however does not
affect the potential goodness and
even greatness Of every human
soul.
within u all 10 such q weIl-ln-
tentioned spirit. We are all striv-
ing toward the same goal Of per-
lection, though our failures may
be varied and numerous. The very
good and wonderful spirit lnhabIt-
ing Us all II the common bond be-
tween US, the basis Of equality. the
justification Of all the faith and
love we can give TO one another.
II Ia the divine In us. but even
though II dwell within w all In
equal measure, II can express IT.
self only to the extent that we
have learned to express Il.
Whatever we do or fail 10 do
represents the level Of our under
standing and development at any
particular time. Faulty judge
mentS are faulty only because
life a. we have experienced II has
not developed our judgement TO
perfection. Lack Of truthhllneas,
loyalty, understanding, justice or
any other Of our divine qualities
10 not q lack Of the spirit but Of
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