Yes, it was blunt, but it seems like every day I continue to see how easy it is to judge others and yet we really don't know what its like to be them.
We think we know what others deal with but in all reality we are viewing their lives through our own filters. Our filters are based upon our life's experiences and the people we have met, the places we have traveled. Our filters are based upon the beliefs that we grew up with and were taught, along with how our own subset of society we live in looked at other people.
Thinking we see what others deal with is not the same as walking in their shoes. We have no idea what it means to have lived the life they know or they hope to know. Even if they tell us and describe it, we will never know what it truly means until we have actually lived through what they have experienced.
I began to see a different world...
At one time, I thought I was aware of so much in this world because I try to stay open to all things. However, when I traveled for one particular job, I began to see a different world than I realized existed. Yes, we see an occasional news report, but it is nothing like being in the midst of it and seeing it with your own two eyes.
I learned that in many ways, I had no clue what it was like for the people and places that I saw. I felt sadness for them, but to them it seemed like it was just another day. I doubt they wanted my pity anyway. I wanted to help, but I realized the situation was so great that even if I took all the money in the world, I doubt it would truly solve the problem. Yet, I saw a selfishness and superficial attitude towards these people and places that would just add to their suffering.
It is far too easy to judge others. We get all high and mighty thinking we know what is best. In all reality, we are nothing more than a clanging symbol when we think we are love.
It is far too easy to judge others and tell them what they should do based upon our own life's experiences, but we miss the part that they have endured and lived through experiences that are much different than ours. We may be talking trains and planes, while ignoring that fact that they are talking horses and cows.
We are right and they are wrong...
It is far too easy to judge others and demand they see things our way. After all, in our own little word, we deem we are right and they are wrong. We deem them to need to be enlightened to what we know. Yet, we fail to understand that we do not hold any more of the answers in life than they do. We just see things differently and we've applied life in different ways.
It is far too easy to judge others while claiming how superior and great and intelligent we are. We hold our ego and pride out in front of us, rather than opening our hearts and ears. Judgement comes from the ego, but love and helpfulness and compassion come from our hearts. It is our heart that should be guiding us, not the judgement of our ego.
It is far too easy to judge others, while thinking that we don't do this. It is so easy to convince ourselves that we are far better than that. Each of us can only truly know what is in our own heart by taking a close look and inspecting our words, thoughts, and actions. Words alone will fail us, but actions out of love will lift the entire world to greater heights.
We need each other to survive this journey called life. Together our world will go further, but when we judge others, we divide the world into chaos. Let us consider how we can see each other through the eyes of love, not judgment, and walk hand-in-hand together through the journey of life.
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