No judgement day or how about a no judgement lifestyle!!

I have previously mentioned I was born naturally happy, I have the ability to almost always look at the bright side of every situation. I seldom get down in the dumps or feel sorry for myself for very long. Because this is my natural inclination it is like finger nails on a chalkboard when I am around negative people that grumble. As I have gotten older I have purposely distanced myself from negative and judgemental people. I have better things to do with my life. Judgemental, negative people can zap the energy right out of me, I am not about to give them that power. I particularly have a problem with people who are judgemental, oh no, I am judging the judgers!! When I see judgement and disapproval in another person's face, I run quickly. 

Not one of us knows what it is like to walk in another person's shoes. All of us face circumstances that are difficult at times and all of us respond differently. I remember when Albert and Rita went missing last year,  I was driving on the freeway looking at the cars and people around me thinking "they don't know my heart is broken in a billion pieces, how can they go on with their own lives as if nothing happened." Suddenly, I stopped in my tracks,  I realized as I looked into the cars and saw faces of sadness, stress, exhaustion, happiness and many other emotions, I too, did not know what their life was like or what difficult situation they were facing. Maybe someone in their family had cancer, or possibly they were going through a divorce or possibly they may not have enough money to pay their mortgage. It is so easy to get wrapped up  in our own world and begin judging others but each one of us deserve grace and mercy every day. It is so easy in our pride to think we are somehow better then others or our opinion is the right opinion. We judge others for their religious beliefs, politics, color of skin, economic status, size, clothes you name it, we judge!! We judge because we actually feel insecure about ourselves. It is our false effort to reassure ourselves that we are OK. We also judge ourselves saying "well that was stupid", "you can't ever lose weight", "you are a failure", "how can anybody love you", the tape recorder keeps going. Well, my challenge to each of us is to not only have a "no judgement day" but strive to have a "no judgement lifestyle". Accept and respect others and yourself and the world will be a better place, guaranteed. Give grace to others and celebrate our differences for that is what makes this world go around.

I now have my first 5K under my belt and my second one is scheduled. My new mantra is "get comfortable with being uncomfortable", I repeat this when I get exhausted and want to quit running around our lake, amazingly enough, it keeps me going and going ...