But judging people is so easy to do!!! In the recent past (because I am not even close to perfect yet) my complaint has been that nobody understands me. Its hard when you feel that the world is judging you from preconceived ideas about what or who you are. The fact of the matter is that half the time people are too tied up in what they are doing or thinking to actually spend any time thinking long enough about somebody else and their motivations and problems. Of course when people actually do have a minute they might judge somebody harshly. I grew up with a sister that was so misunderstood that it was mind blowing to me that people could even think badly of her. Yes, she had issues and problems that were difficult and honestly she was just doing the best she could with what she knew to do. There were so many different factors that affected her ability to sometimes make what everybody else thought were “good” decisions. Now that she is older nobody really sees all those things that she was once judged harshly for. Interestingly enough she actually has a keen sense of people. From all of those negative experiences came a great gift of discernment and been able to see clearly others problems. I honestly think that she had made some commitments before we came to this world that she would help certain people that nobody would volunteer to do. She suffered greatly for doing this, but she has been blessed because of it. We don’t always know what the story is, sometimes it is even a mystery to us of why we made some decisions that we made. I’m still trying to figure out some things I have done. Sometimes putting ourselves in others shoes makes it easier to judge less. In my life when I have judged others, for example, when someone has a kid that is older than mine and I’ve told them how I would handle things and they do it differently I have been given the same issue and didn’t handle it the way I thought I would. It’s crazy how those judgements come back to haunt you. Its best to see others around us as fragile and just love and support where you can.