A DAILY MESSAGE
LIFE !S A MIRROR !
I MM side we show to life is the side ol life we see; the side of life we see is tln> side we show. The kind of men we meet are the kind we seek. The kind we seek are the kind we meet. Wlmt, is in your mind, you will find each day in those you meet. The man who is animated hy base motives looks for baseness in others—and he finds it ; for he believes in tile reality of baseness, and what he seeks ln> must find. •The man with a mean heart believes in the reality ot meanness; he looks for it in others; he sees himself relleeted in everyone else—and he finds what lie seeks. The man who is animated hv generous impulses believes in (lie reality of generosiiy • he believes Mini are generous; he looks for generous men--and he meets them.
Thai the man with a smile, with the warm hand-clasp the man who gives out a genuine note of human sympathy —will meet smiles, good fellowship, and sympathy all the way along is not an opinion —it is a laet. Life is a mirror which' 1 shows you hack vonr own face.
Life, is a great whispering gallery which sends you hack the echo ml vonr own voice.
Life is the great intelligence, which sends to you things and people like your thoughts and yoiirsell. So, show life the side you want lilo to show you, for the side you show is the side vuti will see.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 November 1928, Page 1
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261A DAILY MESSAGE Hokitika Guardian, 28 November 1928, Page 1
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