Gettysburg Times - Mar 27, 1926
BE SUPERIOR TO RESENTMENT
By GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS
The ways of a strong man are very difficult to fathom. That's why he is big.
It's the little dog that barks and snaps and irritates. The big man smiles under the lash of criticism, insult and calumny. He sees far below the surface of things. His dealings are with and for the big stakes—with the good of the largest number, perhaps of nations, in view.
So that when a simple, great man dies, it is long afterward that the world wakes up to his value and appreciates his worth.
He who understands does not resent. Resentment is the play of little minds.
Before the insults of Pilate, Jesus said not a word, so that all Pilates could say for argument or explanation was this: "Behold the man!"
Instead of showing resentment at an imagined wrong, or even if it is a real one, try the procedure of not minding and go on about your work. Immediately you will have risen in stature an noble bearing.
When you are tempted to hurt another just remember this—there are hurts enough in the world already.
Resentment always harms. It leaves a scar. It cools the heart and puts a premium upon the royalty of friendship which shoud always be a thing of sweetness and freedom.
We pay for our losses as well as for our gains. But when we gain in respect and confidence from our gifts to others, we leave no regrets behind.
Be superior to resentment.
