Judge Less, Love More

Recently I have seen so much judgment floating around on not only social media (the breeding grounds of judgment and conflict), but just going out in public and being observant of my surroundings. For example, this lady STARED ME DOWN at Kroger the other day more than likely because of how I was dressed. I was wearing lion king PJs and a Friends sweatshirt (my absolute favorites), so maybe I deserved to get judged for choosing to wear pajamas in public? I don't care though because I was comfortable. Back to my point though. I am assuming she probably thought I was lazy for choosing to wear that but little does she know I am actually the complete opposite of that (excluding weekends, I am VERY lazy on weekends). I mean of course we have all been guilty of doing this at some point. Who hasn't? But to live a life doing it all the time, everywhere you went? Personally, I feel like it would be exhausting.

I have quite a few poems in my book that talk about judgment. I talk about it so much because I believe it is such a huge issue in our society. The phrase "Judging a book by it's cover" seems to be all too relevant nowadays as we determine the personality of someone simply by assuming just from what we can visually see about them (I'm talking about you Kroger lady). People nowadays get judged on their looks, their love interests, what they own, and so much more. Guess what. None of that stuff actually tells you what a person is like.

Fun fact: I've actually grown up being a super judgmental person for a good portion of my life, which is probably why I am so adamant about becoming a less judgmental person. Anyway, I actually almost missed out on meeting my very best friend because I was so judgmental. Granted I was younger, but the concept is still important. If it weren't for someone saying "Hey, you're being super judgy (not a word) right now" then maybe I wouldn't have had the amazing opportunity to stand beside her on her wedding day. Lucky for me, someone did say that and I was blessed with the sister I never had.

So to wrap up my thoughts of the day; judge less and love more.