| Finding the Way |
Chapter 20 |
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The same is true of the men and women about us, as well as of the scenes and conditions. It would add immeasurably to our pleasure in life if we would train ourselves to look for whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, in the people about us, instead of for the blemishes and faults. If we wore the glasses of love and charity, it would be in this way that we should see every one and every one’s work. What a change it would make for us in the world of people if we should some day put on these new glasses and look at others through them!
The aspect of all life’s events and experiences would also be changed if we wore the right kind of glasses. To many persons life has nothing bright. It is made up chiefly of things which produce discontent, complaining and fault finding. We all know people who never have a really bright word to say about their own life and its circumstances. To them everything seems wrong. They exaggerate their trials and see a calamity in every smallest mishap. They see nothing bright in any outlook. They enumerate their troubles and sorrows with glib tongue, and even when their joys and happiness are referred to, find flecks in them. If they could in some way change their glasses, so that they would see things in the light of Christian faith and trust, all things would be transformed for them.
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