The Path to Tolerance

When someone does something that offends you, you don’t have to take it personally. You can’t really know where they’re coming from, you can only know the mindset through which you’re interpreting their behavior, which may or may not be...

Judgments Are Revealing

Our judgments of others are really about ourselves. When we’re unable to admit that we could be that bad, we project the judgment out onto others and dislike it out there. When we can accept ourselves unconditionally, we do the same for others. When we’re...

Facts Are Fickle

Old conceptions of ‘truth’ give way to new ones as discoveries are made. Attitudes and opinions change as we gain deeper understanding. Judgments pronounced with absolute assurance often prove inaccurate. Evaluations of people and situations turn out to be...

Cognitive Distress

Most of the suffering we experience is the result of our stories about how things shouldn’t be the way they are. But not liking something doesn’t mean it lacks value or that someone is wrong. The details of every moment show up the only way they...

Don’t Judge a Book

Abraham Lincoln wisely said, “I don’t like that man, I must get to know him better.” Our judgments say more about our own mindset than they do about who we’re judging. It’s easy to project unflattering motives on others when their...

Good Judgment?

In school we’re taught that the ability to measure, evaluate and critically analyze people, facts and situations is vital to our success. Good judgment implies being able to differentiate between the things that are worthwhile and those that aren’t. When...