Thought maybe this would be a fun little column to keep up anytime I had random thoughts and feelings about things related to health and wellness.
Tonight's subject is being judged.
Why do people think they have the right to judge others?
This has been on my mind lately.
I am not implying that I am perfect. I have thoughts about others that I shouldn't. I judge even when I try not to. I have, however, consciously made the choice to try not to judge others. This been a lengthy process. I can also honestly say that many times if I have a judging comment about others, it is less judging - and more comparing. Usually myself to them. Or sometimes it is less judging, and more envy. Both other issues to be more conscious of.
But I really don't get why people judge others. And especially why they do it right to the other person. Or over something said in an e-mail. Or any other indirect-direct way of letting that person know you are judging something they did, said, wrote, whatever.
On a side note, I will input that I keep this blog and this blog mainly for myself. Also, for friends and family to follow along in our lives. To connect with them. But I don't know who all reads this blog. And I realize by keeping an online journal I can't control who all reads it. Or what they will do with that information. But I definitely don't expect for the content I write to be used against me or my family, or to have it used to insult us.
So imagine my surprise when, after writing about the challenges I had a few weeks ago with fitting in my workouts, someone - who I am sure reads the blogs - says to me during another conversation something along the lines of,
"maybe you should put that enthusiasm towards your resolutions."
I will continue to write about the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of my journey as a runner. If I hide anything but the good, I would be hurting myself. Because I wouldn't be being honest with myself. And I made it very clear from the beginning that this record of my journey is first and foremost for myself. Yet, because maybe I can help someone who is on their own journey - or learn from someone who has experienced a similar journey - I will continue to share.
Again I ask, what gives us the right to judge others? The bottom of the matter is that we don't. And yet it happens.
I encourage each and everyone of us to continue to think twice before we do, say, or even think something about someone else. We have not walked in their shoes. We do not now know how we will affect them. We likely are not paying attention to their whole story.
Much like my point in "Issue 1", I hope this food for thought encourages you to be happy with the right now. To make a positive impact wherever you sit right now. To make a positive impact on whomever you are with right now. To always think twice before you speak. To not say anything at all if you have nothing nice to say. To treat others the way you want to be treated.
Thinking with you,
Katie
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