Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-10-14
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experience, training. understand
ing. or opportunity. A woman said
10 me once:
Il have committed many .
fault and error In my lIfe, but
at the time I dld 20 I hadn't the
understanding 10 do any better.
II we could always see Into thu
heart and mind and soul Of an
other We should find that this
ID always tho cause Of his Inn
perfection
"one person may find II easy to
be absolutely honest, since the
people In his world have faced
facts honestly and with courage
whether they were pleasant or not
BY precept and example he has
been taught that the fortnight
way OF life In. in the long run.
the aIl.round profitable one. But
another person has always found
that ungRrnlshed facts have made
the people Of his world Disagree
able or fearful. As q method OF
sclf-defense he has learned 10
evade or camouflage unpleasant
facts. He has yet 10 develop the
courage 10 stand up to life, but
while he learns we can withhold
the weakening influence OF our
condemnation,
In money matters one person
may be- conservative to the point
Of stingineAs. His may have been
a background Of lack and fearful
anticipation of the future. To act
differently In impossible for him
until he develops another set OF
values. The person whose attitude
toward money Is one Of flambOy-
ant cArsleAsness. on the other
hand has a different kind OF
background and needs a different
set Of values.
"A young woman lRmented re-
Gently that q friend Of hers was
given TO conversational exaggera.
tons Why. why couldn't he stick
TO facts, she wondered. But her
friend does not exagEerate con-
sciously. A persons mind accom-.
mOdates itself TO his feelings and
her friend feels 30 intensely his
beliefs and his joys and sorrows
that he finds ordinary language
inadequate in expressing him
self To say that he had q mildly
unpleasant day at his work would
have seemed untrue 10 him. To be
sure, the events that had made
the day unpleasant might have
seemed Insignificant TO another
person. but not TO him. So his
mind exaggerated the facts to
agree with his feelings. On the
other hand and on another day
IL optimism Ia unbOunded. He feels
30 good and confident that even
unimportRnt facts must. by the
magic Of his mind, be made to
agree whether they do or not.
IAN Of M see the world,
people. facts, not with our eyes
alone, but with our mind and
emotions. and our mind and
emotions are ~ different from
our nclEhbOrs, our friends. or
our cO-w0rkers' ~ the cOndi.
lions Of our life have been.
TO dislike the whole person
because he falls short in some
particular aspect Of his nature IL
to shut out our life an infinite
number Of blessings He may have
gone far in refining and polishing
himself In some ways and lag far
behind In others.
THE Book OF Psalms Is q
matchleSs mixture Of praise and
imprecation. The poet of the
Psalms reaches the peak when he
praises his God for His loving
kindness and righteousness. He
reaches also the depths Of human
hate and vengeance when he prays
for calamities, plaques. and all
sorts OF affliCtion TO befan his
enemies,
1T Is better we have accepted
this man OF vagaries and tenn
permanent than that we should
miss his GIT Of beauty and truth
because q part Of his soul was yet
onmcahed In human limitation.
1T Ia better always that we
should accept the goodness Of
friends and families and CO.
workers with their adherinE faults
than that we should reject their
faults with their adhereing charms
and virtues.
We may not always be able 10
determine Just why peoples &C.
tons are what they arc. for they
have complex beginnings and de-
vious ways Of developing. but we
can have faith enough to look
through peoples Inconsistencies
to their good intentions and 20 ex-
press enough tolerance, gentle
ness to make Il easy for them to
devclopc the qualities that make
for better living. They want TO do
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