Article October 11, 1924 Issue

It is very important what a man does with the criticisms...

Christian Guardian

It is very important what a man does with the criticisms and slights and seeming unfairnesses that come to him along the pathway of his life. To keep them about him, and clutter up his life with them, is one of the stupidest of things; and yet it is to be feared that that is exactly what quite a few people do. A grudge against any one or any thing is one of the very poorest and most miserable companions that any man can carry about with him, and the mere fact that there might seem to be some justification for the carrying does not help the situation. And it is not, after all, so difficult to refuse to do this very foolish thing; indeed, the habit of not doing it is one that can be established without too serious a struggle. For instance, if a man criticizes you, even in what seems to you quite an unfair way, after taking a good, honest look at the criticism so that you may profit from whatever point it may have, you can forget it. . . . You can keep life sweet and wholesome just by forgetting.

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