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To Judge or Not to Judge Salma Remani One night there was a woman at the airport who had to wait for several hours before catching her next flight. While she waited she bought a book and a pack of biscuits to spend the time. She looked for a place to sit and waited. She was deep into her book, when suddenly she realized that there was a young man sitting next to her who was stretching his hand, with no concern whatsoever, and grabbing the pack of cookies lying between them. He started to eat them one by one. Not wanting to make a fuss about it she decided to ignore him. The woman, slightly bothered, ate the cookies and watched the clock, while the young and shameless thief of biscuits was also finishing them. The woman started to get really angry at this point and thought "If I wasn't such a good and educated person, I would have given this daring man a black eye by now." Every time she ate a biscuit, he had one too. The dialogue between their eyes continued and when only one biscuit was left, she wondered what was he going to do. Softly and with a nervous smile, the young man grabbed the last biscuit and broke it in two. He offered one half to the woman while he ate the other half. Briskly she took the biscuit and thought, "What an insolent man! How uneducated! He didn't even thank me!" She had never met anybody so fresh and sighed relieved to hear her flight announced. She grabbed her bags and went towards the boarding gate refusing to look back to where that insolent thief was seated. After boarding the plane and nicely seated, she looked for her book which was nearly finished by now. While looking into her bag she was totally surprised to find her pack of biscuits nearly intact. "If my biscuits are here", she thought feeling terribly, "those others were his and he tried to share them with me." Too late to apologize to the young man, she realized with pain, that it was her who had been insolent, uneducated and a thief, and not him. How many times in our lives, had we know with certainty that something happened in a certain way, only to discover later that it wasn't true? No matter how great a man's evil, in his heart there is a seed of goodness. If only we can reach it and make it grow, it will bear fruit. How many times has our lack of trust within us made us judge other people unfairly with our conceited ideas, often far away from reality? How do you live your life?
By: Muhammad Shaheen
Here is something to think about.. Every single one of us lived our lives a different way. Some of us grew strong, while others grew weaker by each day. Some of us were healthy, while others were sick. Some of us flew through the day, while others watched the minutes tick. Some of us ran to help those in need, While others took advantage and strengthened their greed. Some of us were wealthy, while others remained poor. Some of the diseases destroyed lives, while scientists searched for the cure. Some of us were fair, while others were not. Some of us got away while others got caught. Some of us were athletic while others remained still. Some of us treasured life, while others searched for a way to kill. Some of us were not afraid, while others remained meek. Some of us were popular, while others were named as "the geek" Some of us believed in God, while others didn't care. Some of us believed life was cruel, while others believed it was fair. Some of us lived life to the fullest, while others threw it all away. Some of us gave up, while others seized the day. Though we all lived different lives, we have not lived them in vain. All we were given was a life to live, with everything to gain. Ask yourself, What am I going to do with my life, live with purpose and meaning or live with no purpose and no meaning? |
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