Thousands of human lives are blasted by negative goodness.
A little country boy whose mother everlastingly nagged him about being good, but whose father was ever telling him about the beautiful things in the city, ended his prayer with this: "O, God make me such a good boy, that when I die I can go to New York."
1915
One Hundredth Thousand
Observe your opportunities to be kind. A little boy was sitting in his father's lap in the street car when a charming young lady entered, and as the little fellow observed there was no seat, he quickly jumped off his father's lap and said to the young lady, "please take my seat."
It is not wealth, or position that gives health and happiness.
A mighty Emperor was stricken with a malady; his court physicians gave him up to die. He called in his magicians and they told him if he would wear the shirt of a happy man he would recover. He ordered his kingdom searched for a happy man. They found him, up in the silent mountains, but alas, he had no shirt.