Judgement

Funny thing how we can easily be blinded in our judgement of people because of perceptions. This morning my 16 year old daughter (Toni) had a squabble with my 12 year old son (Matthew). Now if you knew these kids, 9 out of 10 times Matthew would be the offender (actually, it's closer to 10 out of 10!) - he's just a bit on the mischievous side:). Anyways, when I heard the rumble, I automatically thought that he was up to his usual mischief and was about to reprimand him. As it turned out, Toni, made a judgement of him, without hearing his side - as I was about to do... and after hearing him out, it turned out that he was quite innocent... this time:)

So, Toni, based on her perception that Matts is usually the offender never gave him time to explain himself and as you realize from the trend of this email, so too did I. I guess the lesson learnt here is that we need to learn to be more patient and open to listening and appreciating (and valuing) people - even when we may have a biased perception of them based on past experiences.

+ve vibes,

Mark