This quote pretty much just sums up the way that I WANT to think and live. Please read that correctly, I WANT to live that and think that way, but I, by no means, do at this time. I understand that no one person is perfect, but that doesn't give us the excuse to consistently judge others. I am extremely guilty of that and know that I will always have my judgmental thoughts at times, but I need to be more aware and conscious of my thinking. I have gotten pretty good at controlling my words , sometimes too good, but my thoughts-- not so much.
We think we only do damage by the words we speak, but our thoughts are just as damaging. They damage who we are as a person. Each judgmental thought takes a piece of us away. And who are we to judge others so often. Sometimes the time that I have spent judging others has made my day bad, made my time seem to go by faster, and has put me in an awful mood. We all make mistakes, we all have shortcomings, we all fail, and we all make "not so great" decisions at times. I think sometimes I think because not everyone knows about all of my "mistakes" and "wrongdoings" then that makes me able to judge.
Or - as the above quote implies - we can't go around looking down on others because they live their lives in a different manner from us.
Whether we believe what they do is wrong or not, we need to make the choice to not be consumed by others actions and and to just make sure that we are living our lives the best that we can and teaching those we are responsible for(and only those) to do the same.
In all things there is beauty
~*~*~Michelle
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