Zero Judgment

Who are we to judge? Judge not, lest ye be judged...who have you judged today? An "idiot"? A "bitch"? A "moron"? Do you feel better because of that thought? Does it serve you well to slap a label on someone like that due to how you've chosen to respond to your interaction with them?

No thing or person is good, bad, evil, right, or wrong. They do what they do, and we do what we do, and if you decide something is not for you, it is your prerogative to make that decision for yourself. But what you decide is true for you is not true for everyone else, or even necessarily anyone else.

President Bush is not an idiot. The woman who cut you off in the right lane is not an asshole. The continued use of fossil fuels is not bad. The oil spill is not a disaster. It is not good to be tolerant, nor bad to be racist. It's not wrong to swear, steal, or even murder. But where do all these things fall in the spectrum of what you want versus what you don't want? Where do they fall in the same spectrum when scaled up to represent our co-creation and group-think -- in other words, what we want vs. what we don't want?

The very moment you decide to subjectively label a thing or person, you invariably limit the scope through which you view them and restrict your capacity to grow from them in a way that I assure you can be much more gratifying.

We are grateful for every encounter we have with every person in our lives, and thank them for adding variety to our experience. They help us decide what we want, and sometimes what we don't -- and if the whole point of life is to seek what you want, then that "asshole" has done you a beautiful favor :)