Life Lesson

I’ve learned that the people who are most suspicious of others are also those that have something to hide.

Said another way…

Those who are guilty tend to look for guilt in others.

The reverse is true as well:

Those who are kind hearted tend to look at others and find the kindness in them.

Here’s the point – If you want people to see the best in you – you best look for the best in them. If you want to be loved treat others with love. You can fill in respect, generosity, or whatever virtue you’d like.

None of this seems like rocket science of course, but the trick is that you have to actually look inside yourself and face up to the stuff that is uncomfortable and then realize that the motivation behind your poor behavor is obvious to everyone else around you and God himself. Embarassing as that might be, no one will mind if you get out of the glass house 🙂

Was this little lecture from my soap box meant for you? I don’t know… do you have a guilty conscious…? Then, yes it just might have been…