IRRITABLE, PEpPLE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 241, 2 December 1880, Page 4

IRRITABLE, PEpPLE.

With some people faalt-Qoding |ijß./ ,a- ;- --chronic complaint. Nothing poe doesever satieties them, they become unv reasonable and provokipg, ..jyjd worry the patience, of those they live with till •it ceases ito be a\ virtue. ; Evjery nerve grows sensitive after a tibile to continual irritability, even jn.;thoie we ought to love, but find it hard to do-r---this prominent defect in their .character blinding us to almost all other virtues thev may posßessV And-whst a loolisb, trifling, useless warjpf iWordS) generally commencing over nothing end growing into a mountain of argument, wounding and hurting themselves With every thurst they give t& others, and driving those near and dear almost insane with their querulous and utterly unreasonable complaint?. Do your best and it makes to sort'of difference, and from these ceaseless contentions the foundations of pleasant friendships crumble away, and respect and esteem discreetly follow. Thpse living Jjn . close contact with irritable people w^ory of trying to please, and unless they have an, angelic dißpcsitioo, soon learn to give word for word and blow for;blow. How dreadfully unpleasant and oat of sorts can a whoje family be inade -to -fee]- by one faulUfioding person — once the habit grows upon you it is almost impoßßible to break it, and your uttered or itioisms and advic^gj whether tbey.oon^ip wisdom ot not> all meet with the eeme neglect and indifference. These tempera are bard to be borne with) and ;the ; homes: where they help to make life a daily" torturey>srie f»pyt)iiog but )lhs T^kceß ..pfe rest and .they , ought tfi be. . How little of this conetantVflaU-fiading accom p)ißhes ; any ; {good. .'_ ' Whp: il {the T better for any influence that a . fretfpl, querulous person can exert over them,* The querulous are never happy, and tb^ey wear themselveß out scolding and complaining, till they make; themselves i rso miserable they canpot- avoid trying- to makes others so, in ! which praiseworthy endeavour they usually eacoeed. Where is tbe least possible good nrising from ttiis constant vent to your own disagreeable feelings P Does it bring any peace to your sou), or comfort or^bajm to your irritated nerves, or; only rasp them more and more ?