' Other people's awkwardness
Other people's awkwardness and clumsiness
"Love . . .
bears all things,
believes all things,
hopes all things,
endures all things."
1 Corinthians 13:7
Most of us are awkward in performing even our most loving deeds.
We must learn to be patient, then — with other people's awkwardness and clumsiness .
Their hearts may be gentler than their hands.
Do not misinterpret their actions, judging . . .
the wrong motive, where purest love is meant;
indifference, where affection is the warmest;
insult, where honor was meant.
Away with petty suspicions!
Be patient even with people's true faults.
Let us train ourselves to discover the best in every act of others, to believe the best always of people and their actions, and to find some beauty in everything they do.