Chapter 67—Disposition
Varied Dispositions—In our association with one another we are
to remember that all have not the same talents or the same disposition.
The workers differ in plans and ideas. Varied gifts, combined, are
necessary for the success of the work. Let us remember that some can
fill certain positions more successfully than others. The worker who
has been given tact and ability that fit him for the accomplishment of
some special line of work should not blame others for not being able
to do that which he, perhaps, can do readily. Are there not things that
his fellow workers can do far more successfully than he?—Lt 116,
1903 (
Evangelism, 103
.)
Different Disposition, Different Outlook—Every association of
life calls for the exercise of self-control, forbearance, and sympathy.
We differ so widely in disposition, habits, education, that our ways
of looking at things vary. We judge differently. Our understanding of
truth, our ideas in regard to the conduct of life, are not in all respects the
same. There are no two whose experience is alike in every particular.
The trials of one are not the trials of another. The duties that one finds
light are to another most difficult and perplexing.—
The Ministry of
Healing, 483
(1905).
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Diversity of Dispositions in Family—Marked diversities of dis-
position and character frequently exist in the same family, for it is in
the order of God that persons of varied temperament should associate
together. When this is the case, each member of the household should
sacredly regard the feelings and respect the right of the others. By
this means mutual consideration and forbearance will be cultivated,
prejudices will be softened, and rough points of character smoothed.
Harmony may be secured, and the blending of the varied tempera-
ments may be a benefit to each.—
The Signs of the Times, September
9, 1886
(
Child Guidance, 205
.)
Parents Transmit Disposition—And fathers as well as mothers
are involved in this responsibility. Both parents transmit their own
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