One’s Judgment Upon Himself
How few there are who would thus dare to address God each night:
“Lord, deal with me to-morrow as I have this day dealt with others—those to whom I was harsh, and from malice or to show my own superiority exposed their feelings; others to whom from pride or dislike I refused to speak,—one I avoided—another I cannot like because she displeases me—I will not forgive—to whom I will not show any kindness.”
And yet, let us never forget, that sooner or later God will do unto us even as we have done unto them.
If you must get angry and use ugly words and tones, at least be decent and wait till you can hurry beyond the three mile limit from home.
—Anon.
The Golden Milestone
Each man’s chimney is his golden milestone,
Is the central point from which he measures every distance
Through the gateways of the world around him.
Happy he whom neither wealth nor fashion
Nor the march of the encroaching city drives in exile
From the hearth of his ancestral homestead.
—Henry W. Longfellow.
Alternate Reading: Psalms 23.