Judgmental Nonsense

What is it with people looking down their noses at others? Why do so many feel the need to sit up upon a pedestal (that they so often do not deserve) and judge others?

I have a job. I could judge those who are unemployed. I have a good income. I could judge those who are poor. I have a wonderful fiancee, I could judge those who are alone. But I do not.

Who I am to sit in judgment of another? Who am I to think that I know so much about how life should be lived, or what others are going through, that I am competent and capable of passing non biased judgment of others.

So many people think that they know a lot about the situations of others when they pass judgment. They think that the person living on the street is just too lazy to get a job, or that the worker at McDonald's is not bright enough to be working somewhere "better" or that the person not going to church does not have any moral or ethical guidelines by which he/she lives life.

These assumptions are presumptive judgments. We assume we know more than we do. Rather than giving people a chance and accepting them for who they are, we reject them for who they often are not.

Let's say we get past the initial judgments, then what? Often we come to some twisted realization that our lifestyle is better than someone else's. Really? How do we know? Who died and made us the arbiter or what is the right and the wrong way to live life? If you believe that there is some higher power out there, isn't that his job?

I just wish that we could all allow others to live their lives. My lifestyle is very different than some of my closest friends. Yet, I do not judge them or belittle them for making "wrong" choices. Their choices are simply different.