THE LAMENTABLE CRITICAL HABIT

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 6, 11 February 1909, Page 237

THE LAMENTABLE CRITICAL HABIT

Do not drift into the critical habit. Have an opinion hire Z?? C ° Ue ' T rything ' but when you come ?o judge people remember that 7 ou see very little of what they are, unless you live with them. Find the fcindlv Sbv'tr' lo f*°\M» beautiful" self-sacr^ce made toILX + T e ', ai I d . teach yourself, day in and day out, to look for the best m everything. It is the everyday joys and sorrows that go to make up life. It is not the one t?on «rf°sTi •£?* 6 °If i nt6nse jOy : {t is the accumtX! lion of the little ones that constitute living, so do not be critical of the little faults, and do be quick to find theKttle virtues and praise them. So much that is good in peon c wG?Iw G ?I thn W ff * f M^B™"t. Have an fpinion, and a voux llS hnit ° n X ab °f *«"#&** t»»t comes into your life, but do not have too many opinions about people: their hearts are not open books, and if you must be judged some day, give them the kindest judgment now