Stop being judgmental (yes, that means you!)

Here’s how

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“ Be curious, not judgmental.” — Walt Walkman.

We are all judgmental. I certainly am, many times. Yes, even you. I think this flows in human nature.

Isn’t it?

Even though it is our nature to be judgmental. But I think it’s not applicable all the time. We usually look down on others, as if we are much better, and comment on their looks, behaviour, dressing sense, food habits, and many more.

This creates a division between people.

Let us go through a few day-to-day activities to understand how judgmental we are getting.

Think about it for a second: you see someone, and you pass judgment on them based on their looks or actions. Not a good judgment, either. Moreover, you are passing judgment without even knowing the person.

Also, you don’t make an effort to get to know the person, or understand them, or see whether your judgment was correct or not.

Now, let’s consider what happens when we pass judgment on people we know.

You see something they do and get angry, disappointed in the person, or think worse of them. Without a doubt, you judge without understanding. And that’s the end of it — you don’t…