Judgement.

Let's start off with a random thought: 

You're in a room full of say... 20 people. 

In that room:

You have someone who is going through the hardest day of their life. 

Someone may be having the best day of their life.

Someone may get a call after class and get devastating news... or great news that could change their life forever.

Someone may be severely depressed but has the biggest smile on their face.

Someone in that room may have had the hardest time waking up that morning.

Someone in that room may have their future mapped out,

and a few others have absolutely no idea. 

Someone may be there physically and not present at all mentally. 

Someone may be battling addiction, or someone close to them is battling addiction or some sort of illness.

Someone's significant other, could be overseas and they have absolutely no idea when or if the love of their life is coming back.

Someone could've just fallen in love. 

Someone could've just fallen out of love.

The list goes on and there could be more than 20, or less than 20 people. Doesn't matter. 

You could very well be one of the few that I have described. Maybe you could relate to another person in that room. You'll never really know.

Either way, you don't know these strangers' stories. They don't know yours. You only know what you see on the outside. You don't know their struggles and they don't know yours. You also don't know what makes them happy or what makes them tick. You're quiet. You say nothing. You have to drag yourself to this room full of people because you don't want to be there. You constantly ask yourself, how will this day benefit me? You may never have the answers. 

I guess what i'm trying to say is that I have been thinking a lot about judgement lately. Everyone judges people. I am guilty of this. I am aware of it. But once you make the realization, you have the power to change it. 

I think about these things while I am driving. Then I went into the gym and there are like, 50 people around me. I put this room thought into perspective. Why is the person next to you at the gym? What is their story? There are people at the gym that live for the endorphins and there are also people there that, maybe that night was their last night going. Maybe some are like me and need the gym to help them get past the struggles. When you start thinking about who someone is, on a broad spectrum, it makes it a lot easier to stop judging them. Clothes don't make you human. Hair doesn't make you human. Make up doesn't make you human. Material things don't make you human. 

What makes you human is compassion. Love. A heart beat. Sadness. Struggles. Everyone is different and that is the best part about the world. Everyone has a their own story and who are you to judge them? No one has the right to judge me, and I don't have the right to judge them. I don't care what type of struggle you have been through or what type of power you may hold, no one has the right to judge anyone. We have to help our neighbors (strangers or friends) up. Not down. When you've got a room full of beating hearts and one is in a great and harmonious place, that vibe travels to others. Happiness is contagious (this is a scientific fact). 

Stop judging and love your neighbor!