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The more perfect we become, the more gentle and accepting we are to the defects of those around us. (A Woman and Her Self-Esteem Canfield pg. 15)
The faults of others are like headlights on an automobile. They only seem more glaring than our own.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in his shoes. That way you’ve put a mile between you and him, and you have his shoes. –Jack Handey
The measure of a happy person is his ability to be tough with himself and tender with others. David O. McKay
There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it becometh none of us to speak against the rest of us. – James Truslow Adams
Isn’t it funny, when the other guy takes a long time to do something, he’s slow. When I take a long time to do something, I’m thorough. When the other fellow doesn’t do it, he’s lazy. When I don’t do it, I’m busy. When the other fellow does it without being told, he’s overstepping his bounds. When I go ahead and do it, without being told, that’s initiative. When the other fellow states his opinion strongly, he’s bullheaded. When I state my opinion strongly, I’m firm. When the other fellow overlooks a few rules of etiquette, he’s rude. When I skip a few rules of etiquette, I’m doing my own thing. – Charles McHarry
You can’t expect people to see eye to eye with you if you look down on them. – Unknown
My sister Laurie shared an interesting insight with me the other day. We were talking about the story of Mary and Martha. She mentioned that perhaps the reason Christ reprimanded Martha was not because she was cleaning house instead of listening to Him, but rather because she was judging Mary for the choices she had made. Let us not be guilty of the same. – Shannon Williams
As we see the light of Christ in ourselves, we will see it too in others and it will become impossible not to love that part of God in them.
Separate the sin from the sinner.
When gospel standards you have learned, It’s good to strictly live the letter
Where judging others is concerned, A bit of tolerance is better
Some people know how to live everyone’s life but their own.
Reasons why we shouldn’t judge each other
1) There’s absolutely no reason why I need to judge you. There is no purpose for me to pass judgment on your righteousness or worthiness or to second guess your decisions. It has nothing to do with me; it’s none of my business.
2) I couldn’t possibly judge accurately because I know so little about you. In a court case, for example, unless one has all the evidence, the judgment will be skewed.
3) We’ve been commanded not to and it will make our own final judgment that much harder.
4) It is prideful to think that we are equal to God.
-Shannon Williams
The only sensible man I know is my tailor. Rather than assuming the old measurements are still valid, he re-measures me every time. We need to do the same for others – give them a fresh start and reputation each time you see them. – George Bernard Shaw
75% of Americans thought they would go to heaven
22% thought their neighbors would go to heaven – Sister Jeppson
Rub out others mistakes instead of rubbing them in.
It is a serious thing to live in a society with possible Gods and Goddesses. To remember that the most uninteresting person you talk to may one day be a creature, which if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship. All day long we are, in some degree, helping each other to one or another of these destinations. It is in light of these overwhelming possibilities, it is with the awe and circumspection proper to them, that we should conduct all our dealings with one another, all love, all play, all politics. There are no ordinary people. You have never met a mere mortal. C. S. Lewis
If you treat a man as he is, he will remain as he is, but if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be, and could be, he will become what he ought to be, and should be. Goethe
God talked extensively in the scriptures about our interaction with each other. We’ve been told specifically to love one another and serve one another. Never once have we been commanded to judge one another. – Shannon Williams
Dollar bill vs. 100 pennies. They have a different color, weight, sound, and flexibility – but both are of equal value.
When you love others you give them the benefit of the doubt – you assume they’re doing the best they can with what they have. (Innocent until proven guilty.)
“Have you noticed that anyone driving slower than you is an idiot and anyone driving faster than you is a maniac?” George Carlin
President Thomas S. Monson said, “I consider charity—or “the pure love of Christ”—to be the opposite of criticism and judging. I have in mind the charity that manifests itself when we are tolerant of others and lenient toward their actions, the kind of charity that forgives, the kind of charity that is patient.
I have in mind the charity that impels us to be sympathetic, compassionate, and merciful, not only in times of sickness and affliction and distress but also in times of weakness or error on the part of others.
Charity is having patience with someone who has let us down. It is resisting the impulse to become offended easily. It is accepting weaknesses and shortcomings. It is accepting people as they truly are. It is looking beyond physical appearances to attributes that will not dim through time. It is resisting the impulse to categorize others.
In a hundred small ways, all of you wear the mantle of charity. Life is perfect for none of us. Rather than being judgmental and critical of each other, may we have the pure love of Christ for our fellow travelers in this journey through life. May we recognize that each one is doing her best to deal with the challenges which come her way, and may we strive to do our best to help out.” (General Conference October 2010)
Sister Virginia Pearce explains why unconditional love and acceptance is especially important within our wards and stakes. She said, “I believe that our ability to worship God, to reaffirm our covenants and receive the healing power of the Holy Ghost, to receive the instruction we need in order to make personal progress – all of these things are greatly affected by how secure and safe we feel in our Church environment during the three-hour block of time on Sundays. If we have to spend our energy dealing with feelings that we are not accepted, being concerned about our appearance, or worrying that what we do or say will be judged harshly, in other words that the fellowship of our ward members is anything but “fixed, immovable, and unchangeable,” we certainly won’t be able to make the kind of progress we could make otherwise.”
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