judging {to be honest something i do on a daily basis}

The Window Through Which We Look

A young couple moved into a new neighborhood.
The next morning while they were eating breakfast,
The young woman saw her neighbor hanging the wash outside.
'That laundry is not very clean,' she said.
'She doesn't know how to wash correctly, perhaps she needs better laundry soap.
'Her husband looked on, but remained silent.
Every time her neighbor would hang her wash to dry, the young woman would make the same comments.
About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband:
'Look, she has learned how to wash correctly.
I wonder who taught her this.
'The husband said, 'I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows.
'And so it is with life.
What we see when watching others depends on the window through which we look.

i was sent this via an email this morning. there are times when you receive something in your mailbox, your in-box, or someone {you know or don't know} looks or talks to you and the power of the words you read or hear moves you.

i will be the first to admit i am a very judgement person and tend to hold a grudge for awhile {lets be honest, sometimes forever}. i know it is not right and there are times when i feel bad about this and want to change.

i have several blogs i read on a daily basis and some of them are so inspirational and moving that i too want to be this way, but it's a hard thing to do.. change.

you have to want to and then be able to keep doing it even though it may be hard.

change is alot more work than you really realize.

you may want to: lose weight, be nice, forgive and forget, smile everyday, greet each day with a smile and a happy heart- but it isn't always possible.

admitting your flaws is a step, changing them for the better is the second, making an effort to uphold your need/desire to change is something you have to want to do, for you and no one else, everyday.

none of us are perfect and i don't think we will ever be. but i guess that is what life is all about.

learning.
changing.
growing.
winning.
failing.
losing.
hoping.
wishing.
praying.

i believe that old saying goes "those that live in glass houses, shouldn't throw rocks"...

so true.

so all i can say is i hope you realize that i am who i am- nothing more, nothing less.

i try to be-

real
honest
thankful
truthful
humble
grateful
positive
dedicated
friendly
quiet
a role model
not a role model
creative
a mom
a friend
a wife
a daughter
real

but sometimes i don't always hold up my end of the bargain.

see, right there i am just being honest.

here's hoping you can appreciate the good and the bad in yourself

and the good in others.

because judging someone thru your window {s} isn't what life should be about~