Just a thought by coppi

“After all, what can a first impression tell us about someone we’ve just met for a minute in the lobby of a hotel? Why, no more than a chord can tell us about Beethoven, or a brushstroke about Botticelli. By their very nature, human beings are so capricious, so complex, so delightfully contradictory, that they deserve not only our consideration, but our reconsideration—and our unwavering determination to withhold our opinion until we have engaged with them in every possible setting at every possible hour.”― Amor Towles

Matthew 7:1-5

“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you”.

I am guilty!  I have met different ones for the first time, and immediate made an inadequate judgement.  My first gut feelings, I think, were deadly accurate. But it takes me a couple of years to fully understand what implications those perceptions mean for a relationship with that person.  In my days before now, I had heard through the grapevine, I was a snob, which is the most inaccurate opinion of me.  I am much better now, but I was a very shy person. I guess I felt so inadequate about my feelings that it was difficult for me to interact with people.  I took a course labeled  “A-Way-Out”.  it was very helpful and taught me so much .  I had to look at the “whys” and “reasons” I had this problem.  It was painful and I cried a lot, but worth every tear shed.  Now, when I meet someone new, I am very careful in expressing my opinion.  “I do not know where people are coming from – “diversity is differences in racial and ethnic, socioeconomic, geographic, and academic/professional backgrounds. People with different opinions, backgrounds (degrees and social experience), religious beliefs, political beliefs, sexual orientations, heritage, and life experience.” – I am a Christian, so I try to let God be my guide in thoughts and opinions.  He knows the hearts of mankind, and that is sufficient for me. 

Just a thought by coppi