Several years ago we had a young paperboy who didn't always deliver the paper in the manner intended.
Instead of getting the paper on the porch, he sometimes accidentally threw it into the bushes or even close to the street.
Some on his paper route decided to start a petition of complaint.
One day a delegation came to our home and asked my wife, Frances, to sign the petition.
She declined, saying, "Why, he's just a little boy, and the papers are so heavy for him.
I would never be critical of him, for he tries his best."
The petition, however, was signed by many of the others on the paper route and sent to the boy's supervisors.
Not many days afterward, I came home from work and found Frances in tears.
When she was finally able to talk, she told me that she had just learned that the body of the little paperboy had been found in his garage, where he had taken his own life.
Apparently the criticism heaped upon him had been too much for him to bear.
How grateful we were that we had not joined in that criticism.
What a vivid lesson this has always been regarding the importance of being nonjudgemental and treating everyone with kindness.
-Thomas S. Monson -Constant Truths for Changing Times -April 2005 General Conference
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
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