Judging

Composed January 15, 2013

Today was stressful at work. We had treatments overlap and ended up getting an hour behind schedule. At the end of the day I went to go talk to a patient out in the waiting room and I overheard the mother of a patient talking. Well it was more like she was talking so that everyone could hear her.
She was just going on about how they had been sitting there for an hour and still had not been taken back; just being real snotty. I did not like her one bit.
When I looked at this lady I started judging her. Throughout her appointment she made more snotty comments, telling me how to do my job. After leaving I was putting things away. I went over to where she was sitting and oh dear it smelled bad.

I went out to finish cleaning things up for the night and I tried with two co-workers to vent about this lady. I was ignored. At first I was annoyed. Why didn't they agree with me. Then I realized, "I don't know this woman. I have no right to judge her. Even if I did know her that would not give me justification. I don't have to like her but I don't have to judge and I definitely do not have to gossip about her."
I am not sure if my co-workers ignored my comments because they didn't hear me and they were busy or if they were truly not wanting to talk badly about her but I am glad they didn't.

Going to Puerto Rico I am sure I am going to find plenty of people that I could judge. But I can't afford it. If I allow judgmental thoughts into my head there is no longer point for me to be out. The purpose for my mission is to love and serve. That would be impossible to do while judging them.

I pray that by the time you read this I will have found myself unable to judge because I have learned to love the people.