Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1917 — Watching Our Moods. [ARTICLE]

Watching Our Moods.

What is the source of the tendency to grow careless -in courtesy—real heart courtesy towards those one loves the most. Is it a peculiarly subtle form of selfishness? One will strive hard to give positive happiness to another and then spoil it all by carelessly giving way to a mood of sullenness or irritation. Is it not the worst selfishness to be so absorbed in details of one’s own comfort as to hurt others? Only by ceaseless watchfulness can one prevent the growth of such habits. —Edward Howard Griggs.