Seeing Dirt The estate of the Duke of Devonshire in England contains many priceless paintings and is open to the public. One day a group of people was moving through the spacious rooms admiring the paintings. One woman never spoke a word but would repeatedly go close to a picture and examine it very carefully. After the tour, someone asked what she thought of it all. "It was perfect," she said, with real enthusiasm, "I could not find a speck of dust anywhere." How often we miss the beauty of life because we are so intent on looking for faults.   Understanding While out on a walk one day, I was surprised to see a man hoeing his garden while sitting in a chair. "What laziness!" I thought. But suddenly I saw, learning against his chair, a pair of crutches. The man was at work despite his handicap. The lesson I learned about snap judgement that day has stayed with me for years now: the crosses people bear are seldom very visible.