Let it rest! Ah! how many hearts on the brink of anxiety and disquietude
by this simple sentence have been made calm and happy!
Some proceeding has wounded us by its want of tact; _let it rest_; no one
will think of it again.
A harsh or unjust sentence irritates us; _let it rest_; whoever may have
given vent to it will be pleased to see it is forgotten.
A painful scandal is about to estrange us from an old friend; _let it
rest_, and thus preserve our charity and peace of mind.
A suspicious look is on the point of cooling our affection; _let it rest_,
and our look of trust will restore confidence....
Fancy! we who are so careful to remove the briers from our pathway for
fear they should wound, yet take pleasure in collecting and piercing our
hearts with the thorns that meet us in our daily intercourse with one
another. How childish and unreasonable we are!