when i was younger i thought life was more black and white. now i realize that things arent always so clear cut. im not as judgemental or at least i try very hard not to be. i have learned that people sometimes do stupid things. sometimes people do things totally out of character because they are lonely or because life hasnt been too kind to them. this doesnt excuse wrongdoing, but it does mitigate harsh judgement.
its easy to judge others because we think we could have acted differently in a given situation. perhaps we would have. perhaps we dont really know if we would have unless we have been given the same challenge with the other persons personality.
some are equally hard on themselves as they are on others. this is not good either. everyone isnt as strong as we think we are.
sometimes we cant understand why someone else is the way they are because we have never encountered anyone who is like them and we ourselves arent like this person.
to say the least, things are not always what they appear.
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Absolutely. I do have to reign myself sometimes, when people do or say things that to me, don't make sense.
There's usually a reason. After all, we all have brains and most of us use them!
Shabbat Shalom.
rachel
I wouldn't say most. Plenty of people don't and plenty of people don't bother reviewing what they're saying in their mind to see if it's gibberish or not.
I've had an idiot say that my program wasn't working because it wasn't accepting H.M as valid time. Another idiot replaced monitor to make computer work faster.
Dad's friend thought that vcr gets power from coax cable from tv. Same friend thought that power supplies are all identical and interchangeable.
And my favorite:
"Click [top menu item] [sub menu item]"
"It's not there"
"Yes it is"
"No it's not"
"Yes it is, I'm looking at it on my computer"
"Well it's not there on my computer"
"Read the options from the top"
"...oh there it is!"
"Yes, you #$% @$#%^# @#$%, there it is!!!"
Very true!
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