We, have since the beginning of time building and trying to become a better race and a fit world to live in and in our churches and schools and homes we have taught and preached faith, hope and charity and right along with these beautiful flowers we have allowed these poisonous weeds to grow. Jealousy, Greed and Selfishness these are the weeds that have caused all our troubles up until the present time. They have caused war , they have caused our present banking failures, they have caused our depression in the world and all our troubles in our homes and no country in the world can stand if built upon these foundations.
True enough you will say we have faith, hope and charity, we mean good for all Peoples but if you allow the weeds of Greed ,Jealousy ,Selfishness to thrive along with faith ,hope and charity the weeds are going to hold faith, hope and charity back and in some places kill faith hope and charity entirely.
Can you picture to your self a person, a family, a village ,a town, a state a country that has entirely wiped out greed, jealousy and selfishness ? Can you visualize a world without these three monsters then let us try to start now to pull these weeds out in ourselves. Let us start a weeding out club, that will as time goes on spread all over the world. Each member will have to wipe out all selfishness ,all jealousy and all greediness and that will be a big battle for each one of us starting with the baby down to the grave but my, what a battle if it is ever won ,my what a victory for every person, every home, every country [in] the whole world.
When these three monsters are killed there will be no more wars, no more starvation, no more unemployment, no more need of prisons, no more need of navies and armies to kill. We may have navies and armies to beautify the world. And our banks will be run on the live and let live plan.
Take greed,selfishness and jealousy out of each one of us and out of the world and there will be no more trouble because these are the root of all evil. And as long as they are in people and in business and in the world we will have war, depressions, starvation and murder and crime of all kinds.
So let us wake up and start our society or club or what ever you want to call it. No matter what you’re called our creed is you can become a member but you first have to begin on yourself and wipe out any jealousy, greed and selfishness. When you have passed that test and can live up to it, well you and I and all others that can do it have overcome the greatest devouring monster in us and in the world today.
Catherine B 6-1-1933
This is a letter from my Grandmom, I found 30 years after she passed note the date
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