Quick to Judge

Judgement, it is something we are all guilty of at some point in our lives. 

We are often quick to judge others, someone's looks. Someone's behavior or personality. What they have or don't have. 

As Humans we are prone to judge people by their actions without knowing the reason behind it. 

Lets take the behavior of someone that cuts us off in traffic. We are driving along listening to our favorite song when a car cuts in front of us,  what do we do? We bring out the not so loving side of ourselves. We fill the car with colorful words at the inconsiderate person. Some of us barp the horn in frustration. We start to fantasize about all the things we would like to do to that person who thinks they own the road and can do whatever they want.

Have you ever wondered why they cut you off in the first place. Was it because they were lost in thought and weren't aware they had cut you off. Maybe they were stressed about a sick loved one and weren't paying attention to their driving. Or they could be preoccupied with the bad day they were having or the argument they had with someone. 

Here's another scenario, the grumpy work colleague. You go to work, your day is running along smoothly, the minutes are counting down to home time, when in walks a colleague who has a disgruntled look on their face scary enough to frighten the plants out of the office plant pots. They snap at you to do something, They grizzle and grump about the incompetence of others. Their negative energy zaps all the positive energy from the room leaving you feeling tired, a heaviness settles over you and even after they leave you are left feeling drained. They treat you in a way you don't deserve to be treated. 

Here are some things to consider about their behavior. They may be having troubles at home. They may have health issues that are troubling them. Stress over a fast approaching deadline could have them lashing out at whoever comes within their firing range. They are dissatisfied with their job and wish they could leave but they have a family to support and bills to pay. They are tired because they have two jobs and a sick mother to look after. 

Yes other peoples bad behavior isn't your fault and you don't deserve to be treated in an unfair way, but if you can dig deep into your heart and find an ounce of compassion by remembering times when you may have snapped at someone, or acted out of character because you had things on your mind that were troubling you. Or a time when you were driving along and unintentionally cut someone off in traffic, 

​All to often we curse others for doing something that we ourselves have done or will do at some stage - we are all humans and none of us are perfect.      



Love and Joy

​Angela