Motion Picture Story Magazine (Feb-Jul 1911)

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MUSINGS OF A PHOTOPLAY PHILOSOPHER. 117 C Are there not very few things in this world worth getting angry about? Anger does no good, and it does a whole lot of harm, both to the person angered and to the person angered at. The cause of anger is ignorance of human nature. When we are lifting a heavy weight, we do not get angry, because we expected it to be heavy. But when we come across the work of a destructive child, or of a selfish friend, or of a dishonest employe, or of a lazy servant, we lose our temper; why? — are not these to be expected? Do we forget the weaknesses and frailties of human nature? If we know them, we should expect their manifestations occasionally, and while they may give us pain, they should not steal our equipoise. We may reprimand, or punish, but we may not lose our temper at what we are bound to expect all thru life. G Good readers of the countenance are seldom cruel; animals have no countenances, hence, our cruelty to them. G The critical eye and the critical attitude are worthy things to possess, but they often make the owner unhappy as well as everybody else. They are useful and necessary, however, because the world would hardly progress were it not for the grumblers and critics. Discontent is the mother of progress, and the critical eye points the way to perfection. But, would it not be just as well if we could sharpen our eyesight for the virtues of others, and sometimes forget their faults? Some persons refuse to give credit till forced to by overwhelming evidence of merit. These persons are constantly on the outlook for defects, and they pass over the merits, as flies do our good parts only to light on our sores. A magnifying glass brings up the good as well as the bad, but the critic magnifies only the bad. G Love, laugh and live while you are here, for there is no telling what you will be doing hereafter. And while you are at it, remember that there are others. G As all evils look worse by anticipation, so do all troubles seem greater till we meet them face to face. G We like him best who likes us. those who underrate us. Our hearts harden against