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Just how much of the population would have been gone?
Because if you think about it, people judge for no reason. Even subconciously like walking down a narrow street and seeing a man in untidy, stained greasy clothes and an unshaved beard, you would think he was homeless, jobless, poor and unhygenic, well at least I did. Yet it is a simple yet obvious thought that might even result into me becoming self aware of this thought, 'why did I think that?' based on my inaccurate assumptions, it was clear to me that this thought was a thought yet that thought was a judgemental thought. I was narrowing my eyes, staring at him walking past by, not giving my head another chance to recover from my clouded thoughts. Not a minute later, I observed him walking in my direction, and leading his way to what I assumed yet again to be his home. I thought, why does he have a house to go to? How shallow of me. Judging based on appearance, he did look unclean and I doubt he had the cash to fix himself up. But then again, that was shallow of me.
What on Earth did he need fixing up for? He was a man of his own. It was his choice, his life, why did I care so much for a stranger who I had seen not take a glance at me at all? Yet I felt as if I was invading his privacy by secretly staring him down.
From them on, I started becoming more aware of my thoughts, life is life, we all judge, but the things I judged this man based on made me question more about our society as well. I assumed he was an illiterate, couldn't do anything and live his life miserably. Not following the capitalist societies standards, but at the same time I was at fault. I allowed myself to be consumed with narrow-minded thoughts. Judging him for existing.
What if he was happy? Content even, in life, no matter his wordly gains, his heart may have already been at peace for him to care about this shabby world at all.
Regardless, if I think about this posts title now, I can see that I would have died an instant death, by the second I had observed this man.
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Very well said 👏
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