judgment

step in someone else’s shoes. we hear that a lot, an analogy for understanding another person. especially when the person’s actions are despicable to your eyes and demand explanation. and it makes sense; try to see their perspective, and you will judge them less for what they do and how they act. but you could understand and still judge. because inherent in our analysis is the strong idea of personal right. ‘oh i see why they do this i’m glad i don’t act that way’ or ‘i’m glad i’m not as messed up as they are’ or some variant. and through these analyses we forget that we are often just as messed up or worse off because we fail to see our own wrong. the very act of Judgment indicates that you consider yourself wise enough to make a valuation of that person’s worth. is that true? or, is it possible that we have all set ourselves up to be gods?