When You Meet People, Always Imagine True Things

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‘If he be not a true man, he will draw evil out of the best; … if he be a true man, he will imagine true things…’- George MacDonald

We are good at judging people we don’t even know. When we meet other people, instead of focusing on what they are good at, we are after their weaknesses.

We are trying to figure out our differences. We are trying to know where they are different from us. That is wrong!

If you focus on other people’s weaknesses, you will never see their strengths.

If you want to know people, give them time to tell you who they really are. And they will.

Do not judge people before you even know them. We are good at doing that. And that is why we never get it right. Always wrong!

It is always wrong because you can’t judge what you do not know.

How can you judge someone you don’t even know? You can’t. Why is that? Because people are changing. You are changing. I am changing. And the world around you is changing. Nothing stays the same, even dead things.

You are not alone. We judge people every day. To do it right, if it is even right, you must start with yourself.

If you do not know others, you don’t know yourself. If you know other people, you know yourself. Because we see ourselves through the actions of other people.

People are great at heart. Whenever you meet people, do not start by judging them. Instead, give them love. And they will love you back.

Whenever you meet people, focus on what they can do, not on what they can’t do. And they will show you what they can do.

Labels Are Not Real

Love and label cannot coexist. Love and judgment cannot coexist. When you label people, you can’t love them.

To love people, do not judge them. To love people, do not label them.

You cannot love and label at the same time. Remember, love is acceptance, not judgment. Love is accepting people for who they are. Love does not focus on people’s weaknesses. Love accepts weaknesses.

‘Every label we hold, every label we stick on others, every label we judge is not real. They’re not real, but they’re effective. These labels do a wonderful job of making the ‘other’ less us and easier to care less about.’– Humble the Poet

If you really want to love other people, do not focus on their weaknesses. Instead, focus on their strengths.

Remember, when you focus on what people are not good at, you will miss what they are good at. Do not let that happen to you.