Article April 11, 1964 Issue

Criticism and the True View of Man

LESLIE C. BELL

"Love supports and upholds; it never
tears down and condemns "

We can so easily fall into the habit of criticizing others if we are not alert, for in acknowledging the standard of perfection set by Christian Science and in trying to bring out that ideal in our own lives, we too often expect others to have reached that standard already. Then if, in our opinion, someone has not yet been able to demonstrate this perfection in his own experience, we tend to judge him, forgetting, perhaps, that we also have fallen short in many ways. The legend of Procrustes illustrates this inclination. All travelers who stopped at his dwelling, he laid upon his bed. If they were too short, he stretched them out. If they were too long, he cut off their feet. Sometimes our judgments of others are equally cruel.

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