A 24 year old boy seeing out from the train’s window shouted…

“Dad, look the trees are going behind!”

Dad smiled and a young couple sitting nearby, looked at the 24 year old’s childish behavior with pity, suddenly he again exclaimed…

“Dad, look the clouds are running with us!”

The couple couldn’t resist and said to the old man…

“Why don’t you take your son to a good doctor?”The old man smiled and said…“I did and we are just coming from the hospital, my son was blind from birth, he just got his eyes today.

Every single person on the planet has a story. Don’t judge people before you truly know them. The truth might surprise you.

Awesome post
This is so true.
I love it
Thanks

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That's not really possible.
Most especially because you can spend your lifetime with someone and never "truly" know them.

The best you can ever hope for is people keep their judgments to themselves.
And with the internet, that's going away really fast.

And even then:

If the couple had never spoken up, if they resisted making a judgment, they would never have learned any part of the story.

And in hearing the part of the story it might have changed them in other ways. Possibly enriching, possibly detracting, from their own story.

So, the story kinda also implies that if you do make a judgment...you shouldn't keep it to yourself, as it can provide valuable feedback to show you that a. you're making judgments, b. where you're wrong and can improve (or that you're right), c. introduce you to new people.

Because the story could also have just as easily have been:
“Why don’t you take your son to a good doctor?”
The old man smiled and said…“This is normal. He's retarded.
I adopted my kid from the Ukraine. There they don't diagnose fetal alcohol syndrome the same as in the U.S., especially for orphans because they want to adopt the kids out as fast as possible so they aren't a drain on the state, so we can't legally treat him for FAS here, at least without a ton of money and super great insurance."
And then the passengers turned out to be a senator and her husband and she worked restlessly to change standardizing international diagnostic processes.

But, you know, if the passengers didn't judge and speak up, instead just minded their business all in order to avoid even hinting at possibly judging someone, then nothing would have happened.

I disagree with you on this ciretom.

As far as I'm concerned, no one gets a pat on the back for blurting out whatever rude, sarcastic, superior, or otherwise negative thoughts that run through their undisciplined minds.

I support living MINDFULLY. In this kind of case, the way to go isn't to be loudly judgmental. It's to be politely inquisitive.

wonderful,, and hard to live by

I try not to form opinions on a persons character based on one isolated incident or incidents from a distant past that have ceased


repetitive behavior,,,,thats another story,,,,

I totally agree

I second the motion...

You know, I remember an old US NAVY add that said something like "If someone wrote a book about your life, would anyone want to read it?"

After having spent a little over eight years in the NAVY I still don't think anyone would want to read it, but I will admit my sea stories never fail to entertain.

Sad but it is not only in the Ukrain that are desperate to hand off seriously ill children to unsuspecting adoptive parents, the military, or society in general.

While I learned the hard way that love and a secure home does not heal every "child" I think we do them no favors denying that many need massive help life long. And that parents need help meeting their sometimes massive needs. And a big part of that is not denying they are not magiclly cured because they turn legal age and have certain "rights" without the attending responsibilities. Some need guardianships life long.

As a man of 67, I have hurt people when I was young, then I learned. After that I helped so many and that feels good. I have so many stories but maybe I just told you the most important one.