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Show "The Good Will Habit. A habit of holding a kindly attitude of mind towards everybody has a powerful influence upon the character. It lifts the mind above the petty jealousies jeal-ousies and meannesses; it encircles and enlarges the while life. Where we meet people, no matter if they are strangers, strang-ers, we feel a certain kinship, if we have acquired the good will habit. In other words, the kindly habit, the good will habit, makes us feel more sympathy sym-pathy for everybody. And if we redi-ate redi-ate this helpful, friendly feeling others will reflect it back to us. On the other hand, if we go through life with a cold, selfis-h mental attitude, caring only for our own, always looking for the main chance, only thinking of what will further fur-ther our own interest, our own comfort, totally indifferent to others, this attitude atti-tude will after a while harden the feelings feel-ings and the affections, and we shall become dry, pessimistic and uninteresting. |