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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]How to Stop Being Judgemental [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
Extracts from 93.8FM
Judgmental people wish their beliefs, their habits, their way of life on others. They look down their nose at people who don't live up to their potential. But, your way feels right, you say. Well, your way feels right to you because of who you are, and it IS right for you. But, it is arrogant to think that others should act, be, and make the same choices that you do. For all of our differences, as long as we aren't out there raping, killing and molesting, we deserve love, respect and acceptance.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]During our personal-growth travels, we'll inevitably find things we don't like about ourselves. Many of us will learn that we are judgmental of others. We will realize that if not conquered it will erode our pathway to enlightenment. But, how does one change from being a judgmental person to being a person who accepts others for who they are? [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Say you see someone in line at the post office. He wears faded-gray sweat pants, a ratty T-shirt, and dirty tennis shoes. In your judgmental days, you'd be aghast that he could leave home looking like that. You've judged him to be uncaring of her appearance, or you've judged him to be poor, or you've judged him in some other way. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]But, now that you are a student of personal growth and are trying to get rid of this unfavorable side of yourself, you see that there could be a myriad of reasons why he chooses to present himself that way. Perhaps he's in deep grief from a personal loss and so he does not care about her appearance. It could be any reason. The point is that he is who he is and you are who you are. How one presents themselves in public is none of your business, nor is it up to you to dictate how another person runs his life. Your way is right for you. His way is right for him. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Now that you know how to not to be judgmental, when the urge to be judgmental rears it ugly head, just think of all the reasons this person might have for doing what you deem to be the "wrong" thing. Soon, you'll have a new habit of going around with compassion in your soul for the people in which we share this world. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]As a student of personal growth, your payoff is huge, and when you become non-judgmental you will indeed gain "forgiveness, compassion and peace." It's a wonderful feeling to be unsaddled from thinking ill of others. This is not to say that others will quit judging you just because you aren't judging of others. After all, they may not yet know that there is such a thing as being non-judgmental or of becoming a better person! All you can do is continue on your journey. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Remember, it's none of your business whether they are on a path of enlightenment or not; your business is with building a better you.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]How to Stop Being Judgemental [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
Extracts from 93.8FM
Judgmental people wish their beliefs, their habits, their way of life on others. They look down their nose at people who don't live up to their potential. But, your way feels right, you say. Well, your way feels right to you because of who you are, and it IS right for you. But, it is arrogant to think that others should act, be, and make the same choices that you do. For all of our differences, as long as we aren't out there raping, killing and molesting, we deserve love, respect and acceptance.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]During our personal-growth travels, we'll inevitably find things we don't like about ourselves. Many of us will learn that we are judgmental of others. We will realize that if not conquered it will erode our pathway to enlightenment. But, how does one change from being a judgmental person to being a person who accepts others for who they are? [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Say you see someone in line at the post office. He wears faded-gray sweat pants, a ratty T-shirt, and dirty tennis shoes. In your judgmental days, you'd be aghast that he could leave home looking like that. You've judged him to be uncaring of her appearance, or you've judged him to be poor, or you've judged him in some other way. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]But, now that you are a student of personal growth and are trying to get rid of this unfavorable side of yourself, you see that there could be a myriad of reasons why he chooses to present himself that way. Perhaps he's in deep grief from a personal loss and so he does not care about her appearance. It could be any reason. The point is that he is who he is and you are who you are. How one presents themselves in public is none of your business, nor is it up to you to dictate how another person runs his life. Your way is right for you. His way is right for him. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Now that you know how to not to be judgmental, when the urge to be judgmental rears it ugly head, just think of all the reasons this person might have for doing what you deem to be the "wrong" thing. Soon, you'll have a new habit of going around with compassion in your soul for the people in which we share this world. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]As a student of personal growth, your payoff is huge, and when you become non-judgmental you will indeed gain "forgiveness, compassion and peace." It's a wonderful feeling to be unsaddled from thinking ill of others. This is not to say that others will quit judging you just because you aren't judging of others. After all, they may not yet know that there is such a thing as being non-judgmental or of becoming a better person! All you can do is continue on your journey. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Remember, it's none of your business whether they are on a path of enlightenment or not; your business is with building a better you.[/FONT]
