Today after school, I drove to Atlanta to visit one of my best friends who goes to Georgia Tech. She had graciously let me and a friend stay in her dorm during Passion. I brought her sheets home so that I could wash them (it's the LEAST that I could do), but forgot that she started back at school the same week I did and so she was sheetless. A friend of ours was going to visit her and said he'd take them to her, but he completely forgot! So, that's how I ended up in Atlanta today. I didn't want her to be sheetless for a month! After making her bed all nice and pretty, we went out to eat dinner at a Mexican restaurant, which is both our favorites, and had a great conversation. After talking about some of the usual things, we got on the topic of judging people. This has always been a topic I tend to get irritated about because almost everyone judges someone, even me. I don't like that I do and I have become a lot better about not judging people because they are a certain way or do certain things. One of the hardest times to not be judgmental, we decided, was when your friends or family do not like someone and you judge them based on their opinions when you do not know the person well enough to judge. Even knowing someone well doesn't give anyone the right to point fingers and hold it against them, but we all do it. Some judge on things that are small and petty, others judge on big parts of the person's life. Whether it is a big or small judgement, it is still wrong! And it really makes you look bad. I mean, what does it say about you if you're judging someone you don't even know? I'm guilty of doing this as well, but what our conversation made me realize even more was how horrible I looked for doing that. I'm sure I get judged a lot, and I'm sure that people judge me for judging other people. It's not fair to the person you are judging or to yourself to do it because it could lead to worse things, like losing friends or your whole image. We judge mainly when something isn't "normal", so to speak. If it's out of the norm or it's something we don't like, we judge and that usually leads to holding it against them. I encourage you to step back and see where and who you're judging; before speaking next time, try to not be judgmental. It will make you feel better and look better to others.
