Judgement

I've been thinking a lot lately. One of the topics that has come up for me is judgement, particularly the negative sort. In particular MY being a Mr Judgemental twit...

Judgement, is a form of divisive thinking. Statements like "that's not right!" or "What the heck are you doing?" serve only to form a psychological barrier between me and another person, or group of people. I suppose that, in some situations, this could be desirable. Most of the time it does nothing but block any sense of connection to other people, and as a result, to community as well.

This creates a neat little spiral of death, where a person starts to feel different, which leads to them being more critical of those around them. So the feeling of solitude and separation increases until we are left truly alone.

My point? Let it go... I have, and I'm feeling a lot more connected to others (not to mention being more fun for others to be around). If we all did this it'd be a lot better world to live in.

I remember a story on TV some years back. Of a wolf cub who was reclusive and, as a result, the other cubs in the pack largely rejected her. Those studying the pack felt she was destined to become the omega. One of the adults wolves, just a member of the pack if I remember right, took an interest in her however. After a time she started integrating with the other cubs, and eventually became the alpha female.

This isn't a perfect story to reflect what I'm talking about, but it serves well I think.