Don't judge people from where you are.
Everyone has a story. I read a very beautiful story which is relevant to this
thought.
A father and son were travelling by train
with a young couple sitting in the same compartment.
The son, looking out of the window, shouted
excitedly, "dad, look ! The trees are going back!”
Then again, he said, "dad, look, the
clouds are running with us".
The young couple told the father, “You
should take your son to a doctor. There is something wrong with him".
The father said," we are just
returning from the doctor. My son was blind from birth and has just got his
eyes back."
The couple was ashamed for their hasty
judgment.
So, you see, we constantly feel the need to
judge overt actions without understanding what inspired them in the first
place. Human relationships are always in trouble because we judge more and care
less. We are so keyed up that we don't even know how to smile at someone who
does not smile at us. We don't know kindness, caring and sharing.
But we do live easily on a lack of trust,
suspicion, grudges, envy and constant insecurity emanating out of a deep sense
of inadequacy which we seldom address. We live on a superficial self image most
of the time.
If we are on a judging spree, let us judge
ourselves and see where we can improve and let the others introspect on
themselves. Mind our own store.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
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