We judge others and condemn them when it behooves us to feel morally superior. Even when we're at risk of being hypocrites ourselves.
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
But it's not often that we follow this principle, is it? We're all too ready to stone others before seriously looking at ourselves. Perhaps it's time we all took a moment of quiet reflection to judge ourselves before judging others.
It brings back a thought from The Crucible that I've never forgotten and have tried to live by (not always successfully) - that if you can't judge yourself, how can you judge others? Of all the books I've read, The Crucible, by far is still the most memorable and life-changing.
"I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another. I have no tongue for it" - Proctor, Act 4, The Crucible
The other thing learnt today is that it's hard to keep a cynical heart and be happy. You can only have one or the other... so if you must choose, I suppose, choose to believe. The most naive people are still the happiest, after all.
:: nimezs @ 10:06 pm [+] ::
