ENJOYING THE DISAGREEABLE.
THERE is only one enjoyment keener than that which we find in the things that we do easily, and that is the enjoyment of overcoming life’s disagreeable tasks. Said a housekeeper concerning a household duty: “I disliked to scour the knives, and sometimes would wash them and lay them aside till a whole dozen would be frowning darkly at me. But once when I had put a few away, suddenly I felt that it was wrong, and I brought them back and made them shine. And ever since, I have liked that part of the work best of all, because I always feel as I did when I was little, and father used to pat me on the shoulder when he was pleased.” It takes character, and it makes character, to get to liking the knife-scouring part “best of all.” But how much more sensible it is to learn to like what we must do anyway!—Sunday School Times.