Water Bearers

"A world of water bearers, 

filled with thirst. 

Rejecting their personal flowing fountain, 

preferring to drink from public baths." 

- Larry Leake

How to Judge Someone:

Here is a rough guide on how to judge a person. Feel free to improvise:

1. Make sure that we don't know the person from Adam and/or have had only very minimal interactions with him/her. 

2. Observe the person closely through the filter of preconceived notions. 

3. Without trying to understand where his/her views might be coming from, choose to be offended by his/her comments or actions.

4. Conclude that he/she does not fit "my" mold of how he/she "should be".

How to be free from the plague of judging:

Love unconditionally - because we don't have the slightest clue of what someone may have been through in life. This may not necessarily be easy as it sounds, but it's so worth it.

A quote on Pro-Life and Pro-War

Only in America can you be pro-death penalty, pro-war, pro-unmanned drone bombs, pro-nuclear weapons, pro-guns, pro-torture, pro-land mines, and still call yourself ‘pro-life’.

- John Fugelsang







Enough said.


Editing to add another perspective:

“And only in the mind of a progressive liberal can you be anti-death penalty, anti-war, anti-unmanned drone bomb, anti-nuclear weapons, anti-guns, anti-land mines (all in the name of loving your fellow human being) and still think it’s your right to be able to murder an unborn child.” - talkstraight.tumblr.com

February 03, 2012: Editing to add: 

I can be mindless at times. I posted the second quote without thinking that some readers (or someone they know) may have had to go through an abortion, which I know is not a black and white scenario. I deeply apologize if the quotation caused anyone pain.

I am for preserving the life of the mother and the child, just like I am against nations invading other sovereign nations, but when the woman is a victim of rape or incest and/or if there are potential health risks involved (which, by the way, is merely 7% of the total abortions taking place, as per one statistics I just read), in my opinion, the government should stay out of her choice to go with the decision she feels comfortable with.

Related post:
Pro-Life and Pro-War?