Think about it…
- CHRISTINA BARSE
- Dec 19, 2017
- 3 min read
We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.What is the shortest word in the English language that contains the letters: abcdef? Answer: feedback. Don’t forget that feedback is one of the essential elements of good communication.Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively be using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble.I believe that sincerity is very important when giving and receiving feedback - you have to be honest and ready to accept the feedback given to you.
BUT...
How would your life be different if…You stopped making negative judgmental assumptions about people you encounter? Let today be the day…You look for the good in everyone you meet and respect their journey. Everyone deserves equality and chance to put on their side of the story. We should strictly not judge/take decision based on what people say.If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead his or her lives, but none of his or her own.We've spent so much time judging what other people created that we've created very, very little of our own.
Never judge someone's character based on the words of another. Instead, study the motives behind the words of the person casting the bad judgment. Some people put others down to make themselves feel better. This is called bullying. And it doesn’t stop when the whistle blows during 5th-grade recess. It continues on into adulthood, dividing people and creating unnecessary barriers to relationships. Do yourself a favour and get your nose out of other people’s personal business. Engage yourself in the broader workings of society and use all those thoughts and capabilities you have to do something useful.
Most people have a very deep misunderstanding about being effective in the world. They think that by knowing other people, they can be very effective. The idea is that if you know others, you can control the situation in some way. This is not true. If you know what you call “myself” right now, you can become very effective in the world. No human being is constant. Today, someone may be something that you don’t like.

Tomorrow morning he or she may be in a wonderful mood. But if you think you have read and made an impression of that person in the past, you will miss that person the way he or she is right now. Once you get into that, it is a trap.
Your judgments have nothing to do with the other. Your judgments reflect the way you think. When the mind is on endlessly, it keeps making judgments about everyone and everything in the world. Even if your mind makes judgments about other people, don’t attach any importance to it. Once you start making judgments, invariably, there are only two basic judgments – this is good, this is bad. Everything that you consider as good, naturally you are drawn to it and get attached to it. Everything that you consider as bad, you get repelled by it and negative emotions will flow. So there is no need to judge others. You just have to judge situations. You don’t have to judge people.
All dissatisfaction, all bitterness, all negativity comes out of our own limitations, not because of the situation. Realizing this is maturity. Everyone can make judgments, but those who have developed the urge to grow should stop judging others. Otherwise, for every small step you take forward, you take 100 steps backwards. You may not realize it immediately, but you will experience it after a few days or months.
When we are judging everything, we are learning nothing. Resign your position as General Manager of the Universe.
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