…..and sometimes I realize it’s not all that easy.
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…..and sometimes I realize it’s not all that easy.
I didn’t see your last little add on under the graphic for some time… I’m glad you added that because yes, it’s not always easy. When I was young I was taught to respect adults, all adults, but as I have grown older I have witnessed that a lot of adults are, to put it bluntly, idiots. I have learned however that things are not always as I perceive them to be and I must remember that not all is as it appears upon that first, top of the surface, view. We can never know all circumstances nor thoughts of another and even if that first interpretation is accurate, it is not my job on this earth to judge others. Letting others disappoint me is futile, I must compassionately move on and realize that no one is perfect, no one fully understands why others act as they do and everyone makes mistakes and they must live with the consequences. I choose to be happy, I choose to give others the benefit of the doubt and I pray every day that I won’t hold a grudge nor acquire an arrogant judgmental demeanor. All I can do is my best and hope that others will do the same. (near the end of writing this I began to question myself and what I was saying because I realize there are exceptions to this…. criminals convicted of horrific crimes, do I judge them? Yes. So am I a hypocrite? Sadly, possibly I am.)