Such a thought-provoking post! I judge myself deeply, deeply harshly, but now that I've reached a certain age (I can't BELIEVE I've just typed those words!) I have begun to become delightedly 'so what?' about it. My judgment of others - and yes, I think I've always found I've had an opinion on others - has lessened dramatically, and it's such a RELIEF. It's not that I'm evil - at least I hope I'm not - it's that I have always compared, compared, compared, and that has required an ongoing analysis of who and what I'm comparing myself WITH. Long may being 48 continue, oh YES!
I’ll admit I was a fairly judgmental person when I was younger (I suppose most young people are). As I age, I judge others less and less. Part of this comes from being old enough to be secure in who I am, and just not really giving a crap what others do with their lives and their bodies. But beyond that, the more life experience I gain, the more I realize I can’t possibly understand others’ experiences or what they are going through at that moment. And if I can never truly put myself in their shoes, how can I judge the decisions they make?
Such a thought-provoking post! I judge myself deeply, deeply harshly, but now that I've reached a certain age (I can't BELIEVE I've just typed those words!) I have begun to become delightedly 'so what?' about it. My judgment of others - and yes, I think I've always found I've had an opinion on others - has lessened dramatically, and it's such a RELIEF. It's not that I'm evil - at least I hope I'm not - it's that I have always compared, compared, compared, and that has required an ongoing analysis of who and what I'm comparing myself WITH. Long may being 48 continue, oh YES!
I’ll admit I was a fairly judgmental person when I was younger (I suppose most young people are). As I age, I judge others less and less. Part of this comes from being old enough to be secure in who I am, and just not really giving a crap what others do with their lives and their bodies. But beyond that, the more life experience I gain, the more I realize I can’t possibly understand others’ experiences or what they are going through at that moment. And if I can never truly put myself in their shoes, how can I judge the decisions they make?