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Timebinder, v. 1, issue 3, 1945
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are based on the interpretation of some part of The Sermon On The Mount. They are enjoyable as stories if nothing else. But they have that something else, in great measure! They are dynamic! They are a challenge! They are enlightening! It was the re-reading of his "Invitation to Live" that has prompted the writing of this article. He has expressed it so much better than I ever can, but I want to add my voice to his because I, too, have tried and found satisfaction in the "creating" of happiness rather* in its "pursuit"! (*than) And I know, too, that he is eminently correct when he says that when one attempts to build his own personality INTO that of another, by helping that person, there is a great responsibility, and that forces are put in motion that can do great harm to both parties concerned if not carefully followed through. One cannot meddle with destiny, and then go away and forget it. Nor can one change the course of another's life--no matter how sincere and conscientious was the giving--without assuming thereafter the concommitant responsibility. But, oh, the great happiness and joy and satisfaction coming to one who has done another an act of kindness, and sees it flower and grown into a strong and useful personality spreading its influence far and wide, bringing greater joy and happiness to, perhaps, an entire community. There have been thousands of instances of which you may have read or heard, where one person's simple kindness to another have so changed and broadened that other's life, that he has become a force for good in the world. The simple act of showing faith in another causes him often to regain faith in himself. And a man who has been something has fallen, and then found reason to climb again to the heights, has far greater knowledge and realization of the meaning of the inner secrets of life, and thus becomes a tremendous force for better living for countless others. The examples are so numerous that this is almost axiomatic. I speak in terms of little things, because I know that I am a little man. I talk of giving someone a meal, or a place to sleep, or a kind word, because those are the small ways in which I am able to practice these things. When they bring me such volumes of happiness and satisfaction, think what it must bring to someone able to send a deserving but poor boy or girl to college or to underwrite the expenses of training of a great singer or artist who could not otherwise get the proper training; to help start the career of a great doctor or teacher or scientist? It is with the full realization that many of those who read my small efforts will laugh and sneer, that I continue to write. But I know that if just ONE person finds herein solace and some measure of happiness, and a DESIRE TO EXPERIMENT WITH THIS BUILDING OF PERSONALITY--the ever-spreading results will be tremendous repayment of what little trouble or effort I put into the publishing of this little journal. Can one tell where the ripples end when a stone is cast into a pool? 10
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are based on the interpretation of some part of The Sermon On The Mount. They are enjoyable as stories if nothing else. But they have that something else, in great measure! They are dynamic! They are a challenge! They are enlightening! It was the re-reading of his "Invitation to Live" that has prompted the writing of this article. He has expressed it so much better than I ever can, but I want to add my voice to his because I, too, have tried and found satisfaction in the "creating" of happiness rather* in its "pursuit"! (*than) And I know, too, that he is eminently correct when he says that when one attempts to build his own personality INTO that of another, by helping that person, there is a great responsibility, and that forces are put in motion that can do great harm to both parties concerned if not carefully followed through. One cannot meddle with destiny, and then go away and forget it. Nor can one change the course of another's life--no matter how sincere and conscientious was the giving--without assuming thereafter the concommitant responsibility. But, oh, the great happiness and joy and satisfaction coming to one who has done another an act of kindness, and sees it flower and grown into a strong and useful personality spreading its influence far and wide, bringing greater joy and happiness to, perhaps, an entire community. There have been thousands of instances of which you may have read or heard, where one person's simple kindness to another have so changed and broadened that other's life, that he has become a force for good in the world. The simple act of showing faith in another causes him often to regain faith in himself. And a man who has been something has fallen, and then found reason to climb again to the heights, has far greater knowledge and realization of the meaning of the inner secrets of life, and thus becomes a tremendous force for better living for countless others. The examples are so numerous that this is almost axiomatic. I speak in terms of little things, because I know that I am a little man. I talk of giving someone a meal, or a place to sleep, or a kind word, because those are the small ways in which I am able to practice these things. When they bring me such volumes of happiness and satisfaction, think what it must bring to someone able to send a deserving but poor boy or girl to college or to underwrite the expenses of training of a great singer or artist who could not otherwise get the proper training; to help start the career of a great doctor or teacher or scientist? It is with the full realization that many of those who read my small efforts will laugh and sneer, that I continue to write. But I know that if just ONE person finds herein solace and some measure of happiness, and a DESIRE TO EXPERIMENT WITH THIS BUILDING OF PERSONALITY--the ever-spreading results will be tremendous repayment of what little trouble or effort I put into the publishing of this little journal. Can one tell where the ripples end when a stone is cast into a pool? 10
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