hmm, make an example could make things clearer... for example, you met this person for the very first time and you went out dinner with this person.. as a courtesy, you ask whether he/she wants a drink... in your mind, you really didn't expect he/she would order an alcoholic drink because you know that he/she is from a very strict family, hence you assume that alcoholic drink is forbidden in his/her life! from that moment when he/she ordered the drink, your impression of this person went from good to average. Does that mean that you have judged this person? I don't know if this example make any sense.. but that is how i feel...
People always assume.. we assume that if we do certain kind of acts, we will upset that person... we assume that people will get offended, we assume that people might judge us etc etc.. yes, we use our past experience to deduce something, we use our rationality to come to an assumptions.. but in the end, are we judging that person?
it's just a random thought anyway..
2 comments:
jo,
have u heard of the saying
DONT ASSUME. It makes an ASS out of U and ME.
hahah munyee that's a good one.
But often times we have to judge one what, like you judge whether this friend will bring you harm or good, or put it into a better word, gauge. sometimes when we hang out with friends we have to gauge whether is it safe to go out with them. I think sometimes judging is to protect ourselves. Ofcourse we need to judge it in a righteous way la, so that God will judge us in a righteous way too.
Post a Comment