A famous quote by American author Dave Barry goes: “There’s nothing wrong with enjoying looking at the surface of the ocean itself, except that when you finally see what goes on underwater, you realize that you’ve been missing the whole point of the ocean. Staying on the surface all the time is like going to the circus and staring at the outside of the tent.”
The world has seen successful people having multiple traits and characters - which are incredibly unique. Every person has different potentials. Our current generation has become very judgemental in its approach towards people around them, which has resulted in constant criticism about people’s nature or quality. Why do we always look to find ways to bring someone down, just because of a few of negative attributes he or she has? No matter where we travel, our nature and time have made it such that we mostly end up seeing others, as a machine that produces mistakes. For example, let’s highlight people’s understanding of various personality traits - as according to society, it is something which helps one gain an understanding of another individual. For instance, just because a person may tend to be talkative in nature, many people seem to categorise this person as incorrect or stupid, whereas in reality, he or she could be a highly intelligent person who could know more than what people think. On the other hand, some people feel that introverts or people who are socially shy and find it difficult to talk to other people, are useless and won’t offer any help or give any advice in certain situations. However, it is true that each one of us is unique and have our own choices and preferences about people who we choose to surround ourselves with. But what has to be understood is that we need to stop being so critical and stop judging every personality. Instead, we need to start exploring and learning about what each one has to offer. As St Mother Teresa once said, ‘If we keep judging everyone, we won’t have time to love anyone.’ We need to look towards this mantra and reflect. We need to think about our lives if we had followed this earlier. Surely our life would be happier and peaceful. It would be something more beautiful for each person to cherish. Finally, as civilised people, and respected people - whose main aim and purpose is to be a good human being and to realise that judging, and criticising other people’s nature and faults, is not the way to become a good person. Only values have the answer.
- Reader is a student based in Dubai
