Passing Judgements, scroll down for short story and full source.
Dear readers, how quick we are to pass judgement, how easily we think the worst of others, how rapidly we form opinions. -- How can we avoid this pattern of behaviour? -- Continue Reading
A man was sitting with his twenty five-year-old son on a train. As the train started from the station the young man, sitting at the window, looked out and shouted, “Papa, see, the trees are moving behind us.” After a few minutes, the young man said loudly and joyfully, “Papa, see the pond and animals. Even the clouds are moving with the train.” The other passengers in the train watched the young man’s odd behaviour with embarrassment.
The father smiled indulgently at his son’s joy, even as those around inwardly mocked the childish behaviour of the young adult. They felt a little awkward watching a twenty five-year-old behaving like a small child.
Finally the couple sitting right across couldn’t help themselves and asked the father, “Why don’t you get treatment for your son?”
The man replied, “We are returning from a hospital after an operation. Today my son got his eyesight for the first time in his life. After twenty five years he is seeing and experiencing things that are new for him.”
The father smiled indulgently at his son’s joy, even as those around inwardly mocked the childish behaviour of the young adult. They felt a little awkward watching a twenty five-year-old behaving like a small child.
Finally the couple sitting right across couldn’t help themselves and asked the father, “Why don’t you get treatment for your son?”
The man replied, “We are returning from a hospital after an operation. Today my son got his eyesight for the first time in his life. After twenty five years he is seeing and experiencing things that are new for him.”
Dear readers, how quick we are to pass judgement, how easily we think the worst of others, how rapidly we form opinions. -- How can we avoid this pattern of behaviour? -- Continue Reading
