WHAT a happy peaceful scene we have in our picture today! The father and mother are watching their little puppies, and mother cat her kittens. One, two, three pretty kittens, and four pups all having such a good time eating. Their parents are very proud of them, and keep careful watch to see that no harm comes. In the very front of the picture are some soft-downy goslings; and to one side, some dear little chicks, with their mother, too, watching and trying to help them pick some food from the sand.
Do you see any of these pretty creatures quarreling or fighting? No, not one. Each one is eating his own food, and quietly letting the others have their share. Perhaps some of us can learn a lesson from this beautiful picture.
Some children quarrel and try to get things away from each other—not contended with their own share, or their own playthings. But they look neither happy nor pretty when they are acting that way, and I’m sure they don’t feel happy. We are all much happier when we are treating others kindly and unselfishly. The 13th verse of the 5th chapter of 1 Thess. says,
“Be at peace among yourselves.”
If anyone who reads this has been accustomed to being selfish and quarrelsome, let him try living peaceably, and he will find himself much happier.
ML 02/06/1927