The Wife and the Window

A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next

 morning, while  they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her

 neighbor hang the  wash outside.

 

 That laundry is not very clean, she said, she doesn't

 know how to wash  correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.

 

 Her husband looked on, but remained silent. Every time her neighbor  would hang her wash to dry, the young woman would make the same  comments.

 About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a

 nice clean wash  on the line and said to her husband: "Look! She has

 learned how to wash  correctly. I wonder who taught her this."

 

 The husband said: "I got up early this morning and

 cleaned our windows!"

 

 And so it is with life:

 

"What we see when watching others depends on the  purity of the window through which we look. Before we give any  criticism, it might be a good idea to check our state of mind and ask  ourselves if we are ready to see the good rather than to be looking for  something in the person we are about to judge. "