The Moral Vision
God Helps Those Who Help Themselves
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The reverse is true when, because he cannot come
up to the required standards, he fails to prove his
worth; when he enters life with inadequate training
he surely fails to find a place of his choice in the
world. As a depressed personality, he almost
certainly develops a low moral character. He falls a
prey to negative psychology—anger, complaint,
even criminality. Failure in life gives birth to this
negative psychology, because it is seldom that the
person concerned blames himself for his failure. He
almost always lays the blame on others for his own
shortcomings. Inadequate preparation for life
brings two evils simultaneously—failure on one’s
own part and uncalled-for complaint against others.
A stone is hard to all and sundry. But it presents no
problems to anyone who has a tool which can break
it. The same is true of the more complex obstacles
that face us in life, for it is only if you enter the field
of life equipped with the proper skills, that you feel
entitled to claim what is your due. Even after the
“last date” you can be given admission to a college
without anyone else intervening to help you. But
without the necessary skills and ability, you will fail
to find the place you truly deserve.
