Judgments are confessions of character.

Judgments are confessions of character.
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When we pass judgement on others, we do the same on ourselves.

Rather, we confess what kind of people we are.

When we pass judgment on someone,

we   criticize or condemn his/her subjectively 

from a position of assumed moral superiority.

When we look at a mirror,  we see our own self reflected there.

Passing judgment on others is like looking at the mirror,

because we see our own self reflected in them.

Our judgment is only a self reflection.

If we are good people, we will see only what is good in others.

Even in things not good we can see some good,

if we are positive minded,

as some greater good can be drawn out of it.

Sin is not good.

But it is because of the sin committed by our first parents

that God became man like us in order to redeem us from sin.

So much so,

we say during the
Easter Vigil service,

“O Happy Fault that merited such and so great a Redeemer!”

We know from history that Hitler was a German Dictator responsible for the first  world war.

One teacher asked his students to write five sentences about what was good in Hitler.

One boy wrote,

1.Hitler was a man.

2.He was created by God.

3.He was loved by God.

4.He loved his country.

5.He died for his country.

Even in a cruel dictator like Hitler one could trace some good traits!

One teacher marked a black  ink spot on a purely white wall

and asked the students to write one sentence

about what they saw on the wall.

Most of the students wrote,

"There is a black spot on the Wall."

Some wrote, "Black and white are opposites."

One boy wrote, "The wall is white."

The teacher asked him,

"Didn't you see the black spot?"

The boy replied,

"Why should I take a bitter fruit when there are so many sweet ones near by? "

Teacher: "Good. Correct."

Most of the times we pass subjective judgments,

that is, we tell what kind of person he is in our personal opinion.

Personal statements reveal our personality.

Why should we unnecessarily reveal our defects before others?

"Do not judge others, or you yourselves will be judged."(Matthew. 7:1)

Lourdu Selvam.