A young couple
moves into a new
neighborhood. The next morning, while
they are eating breakfast, the young
woman sees her neighbor hang the wash
outside. That laundry is not very clean, she
said,
she doesn't know how to wash correctly.
Perhaps she needs better laundry soap. Her
husband looked on, but remained
silent. Every time her neighbor would
hang her wash to dry, the young woman
would make the same comments. About one
month later, the woman was
surprised to see a nice clean wash on the
line and said to her husband: "Look! She has
learned how to wash
correctly. I wonder who taught her this." The
husband said: "I got up early this
morning and cleaned our windows!" And so it
is with life: "What we see when watching
others
depends on the purity of the window
through which we look. Before we give
any criticism, it might be a good idea to
check our state of mind and ask
ourselves if we are ready to see the good
rather than to be looking for something
in the person we are about to judge."
moves into a new
neighborhood. The next morning, while
they are eating breakfast, the young
woman sees her neighbor hang the wash
outside. That laundry is not very clean, she
said,
she doesn't know how to wash correctly.
Perhaps she needs better laundry soap. Her
husband looked on, but remained
silent. Every time her neighbor would
hang her wash to dry, the young woman
would make the same comments. About one
month later, the woman was
surprised to see a nice clean wash on the
line and said to her husband: "Look! She has
learned how to wash
correctly. I wonder who taught her this." The
husband said: "I got up early this
morning and cleaned our windows!" And so it
is with life: "What we see when watching
others
depends on the purity of the window
through which we look. Before we give
any criticism, it might be a good idea to
check our state of mind and ask
ourselves if we are ready to see the good
rather than to be looking for something
in the person we are about to judge."
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