He who seeks good finds goodwill, but evil comes to him who searches for it. Proverbs 11:27
School kids know there are teachers they hope and pray they don’t end up with. They're the teachers that are known for difficult class requirements or huge homework assignments. These are the teachers who make you stay in at lunch if you talk in class or for seemingly no reason at all!
The thing is, students who get these teachers already expect the worst. No matter how nice the teacher is, how often they compliment their students, or hand out treats the bad impression already exists. When kids expect a hard, mean, and unfair teacher, they usually find one!
Abraham Lincoln said, “When you look for the bad in man, you shall certainly find it,” but the opposite is also true: When we look for the good, we will find it as well. If you sit down with anyone long enough, you can find something good.
You can't tell much about a person based on what others say about them, or even based on our own first impression. We need to look beyond their reputation to reality: What are the things that hold you back from looking for the good in a person? When you do, you'll find it--but you have to take time to look.
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