The Window

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 A young
couple moves
into a new
neighborhood.

The next morning, while they are eating breakfast, the

young woman sees her neighbor hang the wash outside.

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 That
That laundry
laundry is
is not
not very
very
clean,
clean, she
she said,
said, she
she doesn’t
doesn’t
know
know how
how toto wash
wash correctly.
correctly.

Perhaps
Perhaps she
she needs
needs
better
better laundry
laundry soap.
soap.

Her
Her husband
husband lookd
lookd on,
on, but
but
remained
remained silent.
silent.

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Every time her neighbor
would hang her wash to
dry, the young woman
would make the same
comments.

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About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a
nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband:

Look! She has learned how to wash correctly. I wonder

who taught her this.

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 The
The husband
husband said:
said:
II got
got up
up early
early this
this morning
morning and
and
cleaned
cleaned our
our windows!
windows!

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 And
And so
so it
it is
is with
with life:
life:
What
What we
we see see when
when watching
watching others,
others, depends
depends on
on the
the purity
purity of
of
the
the window
window through
through which
which we
we look.
look.
Before
Before we
we give
give any
any criticism,
criticism, it
it might
might be be aa good
good idea
idea to
to check
check
our
our state
state of
of mind
mind and
and ask
ask ourselves
ourselves if if we
we are
are ready
ready to
to see
see the
the
good
good rather
rather than
than to
to be
be looking
looking for
for something
something in in the
the person
person we
we
are
are about
about to to judge.
judge.

.
.
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 And
And oh
oh yes!
yes! II almost
almost
forgot….
forgot….
II see
see you
you today
today much
much
clearer
clearer than
than II did
did
yesterday…
yesterday…
And
And you?
you?

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Wishing you a nice day…
Translation: Prema

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