Judge Not

It is easy to judge people. Think about it, which neural process is quicker in response to someone acting crazy.

Jerk. or I wonder what is going on it that guys life that made him so upset?

We all know we shouldn't judge, but we do it anyway. Why? I think I judge because it is easier that way. When I judge things by my own reasoning I avoid the sticky and often confusing process of having to accept the true complications of life.

This makes me a butt head, arrogant, selfish, and normal.

Normal isn't right though and normal certainly shouldn't be the standard by which we judge our actions.

We should work hard to understand what others are going through. My life is complicated right now so it is easy for me to see other peoples stress, pain, and fear. Many of you have similarly experienced challenging health issues that have brought you to the dark side of the soul and back again. For us judgement seems a waste of time.

So we let peoples slights, failures, and streaks of crazy wash past us like the wind. Because we have known the crazy that can't be controlled, we know the fear that drives us to insanity, we know pain both spiritual and physical, we know that we can't possibly understand the life issues of another.

What we can do is speak up the next time someone is judging in our presence the life, actions, or value of another human being. Because to do otherwise is to become that person we were before we gained all this insight. And if we let that happen then all that crazy, all that fear, and all that pain were experienced for nothing.