TRY CHANGING YOURSELF

If the world in which you live is a disagreeable place, try changing yourself. If the people around you are unfriendly, try changing yourself.

Try putting on a smile in the presence of those who are storming; try speaking a word of thankfulness in the conversation that is filled with complaints; try laughing a bit for the benefit of those who are downhearted.  You will be surprised how quickly the world around you changes when you change your approach to it.  Look  for the evil in other people and you will be sure to find it; look for the good in them and it will soon come to the surface. 

 "Keep the heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life".

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taken from the book Emergency Rations by Roy L. Smith

inside this little pamphlet is the following, which i found so cool:

This edition of EMERGENCY RATIONS is published by ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, Cleveland Ohio by the permission of THE UPPER ROOM

date 1949