Unless You Become a Child...
Dorothy Day
One thing children certainly accomplish, and that is that they love
and wonder at the people and the universe around them. They live
in the midst of squalor and confusion and see it now. They see people
at the moment and love them and admire them. They forgive and they
go on loving. They may look at the most vicious person, and if he is
at that moment good and kind and doing something that they can be
interested in or admire, there they are, pouring out their hearts to him.
Oh, I can write with authority. I have my own little grandchildren with me
right now, and they see only the beauty and the joy of other people.
There is no criticism in their minds and hearts of those around them.
"No criticism in their minds..." What about yours?
http://www.bruderhof.com/articles/Thank-God-For-Enemies.htm
Source: Dorothy Day, "Selected Writings"
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