September 27, 2012

A Different Perspective

We look at what others do; then; judge them from our perspective. Stop! Look at why they do what they do from their perspective!

Everybody does not think the same way you do. I am glad that everyone doesn’t think the same way I do. So why is it we judge people and their actions from our own perspective and mindset? By judge I don’t necessarily mean in a bad way, but we evaluate what they are doing by our paradigms. This really seems to evident when someone does something we don’t understand. “How could they do that?” “What were they thinking?” Those are some of the questions that I hear people ask about others. The reason we don’t know, often criticize and judge others is because we are looking at what they did from our perspective. When you look at it from their perspective everything changes. It may not make what they did right, but it changes the why. Once we learn why people are doing what they are doing, we get a whole new understanding. With that understanding should come patience. No longer will be angry at others or judge others so quickly. Take the time today to look at the what from the why perspective. Is there someone in your life that you need to look at what they are doing from their perspective?