Every day, Judgement Day!
Plugging out...
What makes my misery smaller than yours?
Is there a book that defines and measures someone's grief on a scale of 1 to 10? Is there a guideline that defines what can classify as sorrow and what can't? If there is, it would do the whole world a big favour by telling everyone what the definition is... so we can all know when it's OK to feel miserable and when it's not!
How easily we judge others feelings... How many times have we heard ourselves say "He or she is not right in feeling like that... that's completely the wrong feeling"... But the truth is there is no right or wrong feeling... it's just a feeling, a truth that exists... by saying it's right or wrong, it's not going to go away. I feel what I feel what I feel!
How easily we dole out judgements to those around us... people we know, people we don't... people we care about, people we don't.
Do we not realise that we're judging people basis our individual frameworks of life - basis what I feel is happiness and what I feel is despair. Why do we not accept that the other person is precisely that - the 'other' person. Why do we apply our standards to evaluate another person... My right way to live is only the right way for me...
Who am i to say that you should be happy about something and not feel sad about something else? Who am i to judge you for the choices you have made in your life?
When will we stop judging others for not living by our expectations and our standards? When will we accept others for who they are, not for their similarities with us, but for their differences...
In the Mines of Moria, Gandalf reprimands Frodo:
"... Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends..."
Plugging back in...
What makes my misery smaller than yours?
Is there a book that defines and measures someone's grief on a scale of 1 to 10? Is there a guideline that defines what can classify as sorrow and what can't? If there is, it would do the whole world a big favour by telling everyone what the definition is... so we can all know when it's OK to feel miserable and when it's not!
How easily we judge others feelings... How many times have we heard ourselves say "He or she is not right in feeling like that... that's completely the wrong feeling"... But the truth is there is no right or wrong feeling... it's just a feeling, a truth that exists... by saying it's right or wrong, it's not going to go away. I feel what I feel what I feel!
How easily we dole out judgements to those around us... people we know, people we don't... people we care about, people we don't.
Do we not realise that we're judging people basis our individual frameworks of life - basis what I feel is happiness and what I feel is despair. Why do we not accept that the other person is precisely that - the 'other' person. Why do we apply our standards to evaluate another person... My right way to live is only the right way for me...
Who am i to say that you should be happy about something and not feel sad about something else? Who am i to judge you for the choices you have made in your life?
When will we stop judging others for not living by our expectations and our standards? When will we accept others for who they are, not for their similarities with us, but for their differences...
In the Mines of Moria, Gandalf reprimands Frodo:
"... Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends..."
Plugging back in...
posted by Neo at 11:14 pm
2 Comments:
u brought to my mind one of the lesser known great secnes of the great epic, lord of the rings. i usually only pay attention during the grand parts.
thanks, neo!
Hey anonymous, glad to be of service... in fact, some of the best parts of lotr are these smaller exchange of dialogues... hope you get to discover more of them as you keep discovering the magical masterpiece
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