Quick to judge.

any recurring thoughts that do not find their way to someone's ears somehow find their way to this blog.

one of my favourite photographers and cosplayers on deviantArt posted this description on his deviation recently, which i feel i can relate to a lot, especially at this point in time.

"So easily do people hastily pass judgment to those whom they don't understand, often to the ones they perceive as threats. They force their false assumptions onto the other person without bothering to find out what they're truly like, and fail to consider how much that person may actually be hurting."

-behindinfinity on deviantArt/Jin

though i doubt anyone i know actually sees me as a threat, the rest of this quote makes a lot of sense about how people pass judgements quickly, insensitively, and unfeelingly on people they don't really understand, but THINK they understand.

people like to think that they're smart, even if they're not. i don't think this is entirely terrible or "bad" in itself.

but what i do think is that sometimes people should stop for awhile and think, "would this person really be ok with me assuming him/her to be this way? do i really know this person well enough to be sure that he/she is truly this way?"

...or am i just being too quick to judge him/her?

i admit, in such scenarios, i am not always the victim. sometimes, i am hasty to judge people as well. we all are, at some point of time in our lives.

the key is in realising what judgmental bastards we can be at times, and making an effort to correct it.

no point if your realisation isn't accompanied by action, is there?

"So easily do people hastily pass judgment to those whom they don't understand..."

you don't even know me that well.

"They force their false assumptions onto the other person..."

so stop trying so hard to act like you do.

"without bothering to find out what they're truly like, ..."

i'll give you time, i'll give you many many chances, i definitely will.

"...and fail to consider how much that person may actually be hurting."

but can i suggest that you spare a thought for how i feel, every once in awhile?

...or is that too much to ask of you people?

i miss having conversations about Nothing.

and i miss having people around who are truly interested in what i want/have to say.

i'm not that hard to understand, i'm not that complex. i'm actually pretty simple in my own way. :)

it's not hard to get to know me, or to understand me.

i'll just give it a little bit more time. and a LOAD more patience.