Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Consider the Following

Maybe it comes with getting older but as the years go by I have tried to be less critical of others. The following passage from the first page of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald has always stayed with me. I think of it almost every time I get the urge to be critical of someone else. It's so true. As an aside, if you have never read The Great Gatsby you really should. Forget the movie, read this great book!
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave
me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind
ever since.
‘Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,’ he told me,
‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had
the advantages that you’ve had.’

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