3. Smile. A smile helps lut you and others in a more cheerful frame of mind. Cheerful, friendly people are much more welcome than unpleasant, grouchy ones. Again, be sure that you are wearing a true smile, not an insincere grin. Practice before a mirror if necessary until you can easily sincerely and naturally.
4. Be a good listener. Encourage the other person to talk about the things he enjoys. Give him your rapt attention. Never interrupt. Genuine interest in what he has to say must be cultivated.
5. Take an interest in the things that interest others. Find out what the other person's interests are. Ask questions he will enjoy answering If he shows a good knowledge of the subject, compliment him on it. the royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he
terasures most.
6. Be enthusiastic. Put zeal, zest and life into the ordinary things you do and watch your personality become more vivid and compelling Let yourself go. Live it up all the time, not just on Saturday night. If you don't feel enthusiastic, act enthusiastic until it becomes second nature to you. This is the key to developing the much-envied magnetic personality. The increase in your own personal happpness will be well worth the effort.
It is easy to see that by incorporating these six principles into your habits of daily living, you are bound to win a great deal of approval from others. The more approval you win, the less fear you will have of disapproval. People will accept you simply because they like you and think you are a wonderful person to have as a friend. Your sex• uality will assume a much lesser significance. So stop rejecting your self and go out and apply these six principles at every opportunity. Homosexuals are different from heterosexuals only in the direction of their respective love object. Keeping this fact well in mind makes it easier to accept yourself, accept others, and be accepted by them. Applying the six principles also becomes easier. The fear of discovery loses its formidability and you gain social acceptance, happiness, self-respect and peace of mind. When people see domonstrated before them that homosexuals are well worthy of acceptance, the days of social injustice are drawing to a close. Each individual can see to it that such a demonstration takes place by concentrating his efforts on doing those things conducive to social approval. If each person does his part, intolerance against homosexuals will soon become a thing of the past.
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mattachine REVIEW
Homophilic BIBLIOGRAPHY
Part X
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