After class tonight I started thinking about judgement. I mean, have you ever really thought about it? What causes us to look at others differently or in a negative way? Is the way we were raised? Was it a terrible experience we had? And I guess the real question is " Are any of the fears that we have a reason to look negatively on or disrespect another person?". I have to say no. Just because one was raised a certain way does not mean that they DO NOT have the priority and ability to change it. I believe that its time that each of us lay one prejudice we have aside and take a step foward. Try something simple at first, like befriending someone you wouldn't before. Can you imagine what would happen if every person did one thing to change the outlook? Maybe by just giving one good example things could change slowly. Thats what hope is about, am I not correct?
"Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: You don't give up."-- Anne Lamott
"Even the lost find their way home when you leave the light on." -Amy Marie Walz,
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I think we judge people because our mind needs to classify things. It is so much easier to put a stranger under a classification (because we don't know very many details about them) than to create a new catagory just for them. However, I also agree with the statement above. Unfortunely, most of us tend to 'treat' people the way that we classify them, and most of the time we are inccorect on these assumptions. Also, judging people is stressful, it is redundant, and it is basically not worth the effort people put into it. I personally believe it is not up to us to decide who is good or bad or who is right or wrong, and that judging someone doesn't affect the person your are thinking about or talking about nearly as much as it inhibits you from a greater understanding of life (I know it sounds a bit corny, but that is truly what I believe).
Erica Jones
I really liked what you wrote. I don't think I have really set down and thought about it. It makes you think after reading this.I don't really know what causes us to look differently at others, but, I do agree with you that we should try and become friends with someone that you wouldn't before, and try and get to know them first.
I personally do not think that people judge other people because of the way that you were raised, and the environment that you grew up around. As people grow and mature then it's their own choice on how they think about people, I don't think they should be able to blame in on their parents because everyone is an individual.
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