Judgement

Judgment is everywhere.  As a society, we constantly are judging people on their appearance, their religion, the way they raise children, their hair color and how many tattoos or piercings they have.  We are programmed to look at things the way we think they should be and not the way they are.  What we don’t realize is that when we judge others, we are judging ourselves.  When we judge others, we do not love them or ourselves.    The outer package we present to this world is of no consequence in this lifetime or the next.  We have no right to judge others or tell someone what they need to do.   We are all here to learn lessons.  All of these lessons revolve around love.  The answer is always Love.   It may be hard to break our mold of judgment but doing so frees our hearts to focus on inner peace and acceptance of other’s.  As I said in a previous blog, God has instilled in us a little piece of himself/herself to share with others.  By judging others, we are judging God.  When you look at it that way, it is a real buzz kill.  Judging God was never on the menu.

Of course, we each have our own personal guidelines that we are comfortable with.  That is fine.  It becomes a problem when we have the same expectations for others.  For example, as a parent, it is very difficult to discover that your children don’t always think the same way you do.  Boy, is it difficult to break out of your own mold and think differently.  Not to be too hard on oneself, it can’t always be done.  But realizing that and perhaps not sharing your feelings with your child/parent/loved one is the best course of action to take.  Sometimes silence is golden.  Sometimes, silence is love.

Love is the only message we need to hear.