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the window
Published Oct. 11, 2008
Someone sent me this by e-mail, and I just had to post it. Have a wonderful day, everybody.
A young couple moves into a new neighborhood.
The first morning in the new house, while she is eating breakfast with her husband, the young woman watches her neighbor hang the laundry outside to dry.
Pointing her finger at some visible stains on the freshly laundered garments, the woman tells her husband: “Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.”
Her husband looks on, but remains silent.
From that day on, every time she sees her neighbor hang her wash to dry, the young woman continues to make the same comments.
A month later, the woman is surprised to see sparkly clean sheets on the line, and says to her husband: “Look! She has learned how to wash correctly. I wonder what changed.”
The husband says: “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 ask ourselves if we are ready to see the good, rather than look for something in the person we are about to judge.
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October 11, 2008 9:42 a.m.
Just goes to show "I'd rather be on the inside looking out than to be on the outside looking in." So long as the windows are clean.
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October 11, 2008 9:33 a.m.
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October 11, 2008 9:17 a.m.
Wonderful blog Sandra. For the most part I am a positive person who seeks out the positive. But it is always good to have a reminder.
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October 11, 2008 9:12 a.m.
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