I read an article on psychologytoday.com today where Barbara Markway Ph.D. shared the 10 Reasons to Stop Judging People. She describes a story told often by Tara Brach, a psychologist and meditation teacher. The story goes as follows: Imagine you are walking through the woods and you see a small dog. It looks cute and friendly. You approach and move to pet the dog. Suddenly it snarls and tries to bite you. The dog no longer seems cute and you feel fear and possibly anger. Then, as the wind blows, the leaves on the ground are carried away and you see the dog has one of its legs caught in a trap. Now, you feel compassion for the dog. You know it became aggressive because it is in pain and is suffering.
This story will help you peel off the tag 'judgement' that you may be wearing as you uncover the way that nuances and details of someone's situation. We have a tendency to make a snapshot assumption or judgement about other people and how they are choosing to live their lives without fully understanding or investigating the details behind the choices. We often forget that we are our own individual people who choose to live life according to our rule book and can't always understand why people think differently then we do.
Today's episode will help expose the 'judgement' tag that you may be wearing and how to start tearing it out.
psychologytoday.com/us/blog/living-the-questions/201410/10-reasons-stop-judging-people
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