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Hi there, my name is Jeff Arthur with the Values Conversation. Here today to talk to us about being careful not to judge too much. Couple weeks ago I talked about and if anybody knows me that are watching these videos know that I am not a very patient guy. That might translates into everyday life is that, around where Tara lives, she lives in a city, so there’s not a lot of parking except on the street. Her neighbors have trouble parking in a parallel fashion, meaning that they will take up spaces where they’ll park one car where you could really park two or three because they’ll park the car just right where you can’t maneuver a car in around them.
It’s absolutely frustrating beyond belief. And I have concluded because these people can not parallel park, that they must be inferior human beings, that they must be idiots, that they must be morons. I watch them walk and I realize how poorly they walk. I listen to them talk and I think about how stupid they are whenever they talk. And on and on and on and I realize that I’m really going overboard. The only thing I know for a fact is that they don’t know how to parallel park.
They may be wonderful people. I haven’t had the chance to meet them. They may be extremely generous. They may be wonderfully brilliant. They may be fantastic parents, or grandparents, or children or whatever that is. All I know is that they can’t parallel park. But what I also know is that most of us, myself included, and those of you watching this video, it’s very easy for us to draw out judgements and extrapolate on how inferior people are because we find something that they don’t do well.
Just a reminder today, be careful with the judgements because we don’t want people judging us, just as we fall into the trap of judging others. My name is Jeff Arthur with the Values Conversation. You can find out more about us on Facebook at facebook.com/thevaluesconversation.