Fault

     Sometimes we find fault with others that we see and the things they are doing or saying.  However, can we really say that we understand their situations?  Had we been through the same things in our lives would we have been any different? 

     It’s easy to say we would!  But we don’t know that for a fact.  As just one simple example:  I’ve seen and hear for years about the scams that are pulled on the elderly.  This people who have very little money and others take serious advantage of them.  I’ve often wondered how someone could be so gullible to have fallen for such an obvious deception.

     Then one day I found myself caught in a scam and was literally one thousand dollars lighter in the bank account!  How could this have happened?  How could I have let myself be taken by such an obvious ploy?

     We never know at times how we will react to certain situations.  So how can we judge others when we don’t know their circumstances?  Why doesn’t he get himself a job instead of living off the government?  How can they treat their families the way they do?  And there are many other comments that we have heard or perhaps made ourselves.

     We must also remember that not all people react to the same situations as would others.  We may find that what has absolutely NO interest to us may be the biggest problem that another would have to face.  And some people have chemical imbalances within their bodies that we don’t understand.  It could make them react completely different from what we may view as the “normal” response. 

    The only life that we have any semblance of control over is our own.  Do we do all that we can to make ourselves the best person we can be?  Do we endeavor to change things within ourselves so that we can cope with today’s anxieties?  These are the things we have to work on.  But we must never forget “we’re only human!”

QUOTE TO CONSIDER

THOUGHTFUL GEM

"Looking for the faults in others is easy.

Correcting the faults within yourself is more difficult."