St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-10-14
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Larimore, North Dakota--The
prairie, fiat and far-reaching, with
few trees and no lakes, Is our pres
ent environment. This In the
F1ickertail state, named after its
prairie gophers. It ranks second
to Kansas in wheat production
and is one Of our greatest aREi-
cultural states. Incidently. 1t IL
the birth place Of this correspond
ent. We are enjoying a week end
with our two little grand daugh-
tiers, Nancy and wendy.
We quote from Cleda Reyner. In
Daily World, the following article
on Human Relations"
Il win never trust another per-
son as long az / live" These are
the words that a woman spoke to
me in a moment Of bitter disap-
pointment about the conduct Of
another person. She had expected
a 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 US experience because
Of other people.
We want others to act as we
expect them to or hope they viii,
and they 30 often fail to do it. It
is perfectly human to assume that
other persons win feel and act ex-
actly as we would under the same
circumstances; but there are
many reasons why they do not.
In ali 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 az 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.
"Slnce this Ia 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 to expect others to
conform wholly to our beliefs,
views, standards and ideals.
The very joy of living depends
upon a flexible attitude toward
other persons. Someone said Of a
person he knew: He has qualities
that l feel at home with: toler-
ance, gentleness, common sense,
humaneness, and simplicity. He
is tactful and unsurpassed at hui
man Inconsistencies The phrase
unsurpassed at human ineonsis-
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 to the
same degree of polishing. This
lack of polish however does not
affect the potential goodness and
even greatness of every human
soul.
within US all 10 such a well-in-
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 inhabit-
ing us all Is the common bond be-
tween US, the basis Of equality. the
Justification of all the faith and
love we can give to one another.
It Is the divine in US, but even
though 1t dwell within US all In
equal measure, it can express it.
self only to the extent that we
have learned to express It.
Whatever we do or fail to do
represents the level Of our under
standing and development at any
particular time. Faulty judge
ments are faulty only because
life as we have experienced 1t has
not developed our judgement to
perfection. Lack Of truthfulness,
loyalty, understanding. justice or
any other of our divine qualities
is not a lack Of the spirit but Of
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