Donald Trump tweeted “Meryl Streep, one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood, doesn’t know me but attacked last night at the Golden Globes…”
Apparently her speech at Golden Globes disappointed him.
Why over-rate or under-rate people? Why do we have to position someone or something according to our own perspective? Why do we tend to judge about other people?
Recently, I was heavily moved by this video by Rachel, the owner of The Stay Home Chef. This was created in response to one comment in her blogs, “You look like you’re 70 with your grey hair. You should consider dying your hair so you don’t look like an old hag.” Rachel is a food blogger and recipe provider, but with a disease, according to her, that will most likely not allow her to live until 70. For her, she does not want to dye her hair because “every sign of ageing that she has, is a sign that she is alive.”
I feel we make judgment about other people when we feel insecure about ourselves.
When we feel insecure about ourselves, we try to find any possible fault (or merely anything to comment on) about the other person to make ourselves feel better, to gain superiority and to feel as though we have full control of our ourselves and our emotions. But in reality, it continues to bother us. Not that other person, but that insecurity and fear within us.
Fears leads to Anger…Anger leads to hate…Hate leads to suffering…Fear is the path to the dark side…(Master Yoda from Star Wars)
A very long time ago, I visited a local art gallery near Minneapolis, Minnesota and saw this simple painting of yellow, blue and red. Literally, it was a painting divided into three vertical blocks and painted yellow, blue and red. I remember the moment I saw this, I said, “Who on earth would paint something like that, call it “Art”! I could have totally done that!”
Then, I heard a voice saying, “Yes, but you didn’t.”
It was true. As easy it may seemed, I wasn’t the one who decided to paint, buy the canvas, take the time to fully paint and finish such a gigantic painting, have the guts to negotiate with art galleries to display in public. Who was I to say anything about this painting? Who was I to make such judgment? (I later found out that voice was the art gallery owner and I deeply apologised for making such an inappropriate comment.)
Have a free voice, leave a comment, but don’t be judgmental. Be respectful. Note to self 2017.
I decided I’m not going to be that person doing nothing but sitting around judging other people. I decided to be that person that have the guts to do something and to take action.
What about you?
P.S. Personally, as I was born on the same day as Meryl Streep, and also growing up in New Jersey, I must say my judgment is also a bit biased for Meryl but no judgment, no judgment, no judgment…
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