Precept & Practice – FEBRUARY 28 – The Grace of Wise Forgetfulness

Don’t make too much of the faults and failings of those around you even be good to yourself, and don’t harry your soul over your own blunders and mistakes.

Ada C. Sweet

‘When a thing is done, forget it, in God.’ – You must forget the past.   If we were always obliged to think of our past sins no one could be happy.   I am not satisfied with a hope which only goes far enough to hinder despair.   We must have a firm and constant faith in God, who is infinitely tender to those who are in the right way…..   He who has commanded us not to look back when we have put our hand to the plough, knows what is for our good;  He will not look back upon the past sins of one who is seeking His Kingdom.

S. Cyran

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From the Introduction to Precept and Practice

The kindly welcome given to my other little books, ‘Being and Doing’ and ‘Character and Conduct,’ must be my excuse for adding another collection of extracts to the number now in circulation.

The quotations are gathered from the books of many earnest thinkers, and deal with Life in all its length and breadth, with ourselves, our characters, our plain unvarnished faults and weaknesses, our often untoward circumstances, and with all that drags us down;-  with our purposes, our religion, our love and friendships, and with all that uplifts us;-  with our relation to others, our influence and responsibilities, and finally with those stages of our journey which bring us to the Road’s Last Turn and to the Silent Land.

CONSTANCE  M. WHISHAW