There had been a little misunderstanding and consequent bad feeling in an organization to which I belong. It has been causing quite a little tempest in a teapot as such things always do, even tho they should not break out where they have more room for mischief. I was surprised to hear one of the parties in the controversy say: “I wish we might all go on and forget it. That’s the only thing to do — just go on and forget it.”
Another person who has been a strong partisan on the other side said to me the same day: “What’s the use of chewing the rag forever? It is much better to let it all drop and work together. There is no time to keep hashing things over and stirring up trouble.” How long can any quarrel last when the parties to it begin to talk in that way?
Our common danger, a common cause and the work we are doing together is making us appreciate one another more and understand the littleness of petty jealousies and disagreements. The big things of life are crowding out the little unpleasant differences….
….We will feel differently toward one another than ever before when we have had time to realize these things and if there has been any friction or misunderstanding, we will surely “just go on and forget it.”
Wow, deja vu!
Very prescient. Reminds me of reading one of L.M. Montgomery’s journals, and she talked about the advent of radio, and how while it was wonderful, she feared that someday technology would actually isolate people. How wise she sounds, all these years later.