I walk through life calm and collected, taking each day at its face value. I spend more time with my thoughts than I do with people; peacefully empty, my words bound in shackles behind my lips.
I smile and nod when appropriate, look away when I don't know what to do. Connections are hard to form when you're as awkward as I. Knowing others, and others knowing me leaves me vulnerable; exposed.
Judgement of character. It leaves me frowning. As if knowing one small piece of information, hearing one sentence or seeing one act entitles us to make conclusions about a character.
Wrong. It does not.
Regardless of how good or bad a person, deriving immediate conclusions and making false assumptions about individuals often brings nothing but conflict. You, a human, do not know their intentions, their past and their present, their dreams and fears, nor can you read their mind.
Judgement on an individual's bad actions is not justifiable either; that individual, like any other, has the potential to change. A person is not defined by a moment of their weakness.
If an individual does seem to be going astray, onto the wrong path, rather than criticising or mocking, you must guide them back to the correct path. Violence needn't be used. Compassion, respect and kindness are essential for the sustenance of goodness.
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