Remember that one girl back in high school that did that one thing? Or that on-again and off-again “it” couple that wouldn’t quit with the PDA in the hallway?
Well, what about that one challenge, you know, the one where people would make themselves purposefully look hideous with marker and makeup just to show they are actually stunning? This was known as the “Don’t Judge Challenge.”
Of all of the challenges our generation has come up with, this was one of the most ridiculous. (Of course, No. 1 is Tide Pods, No. 2 is the Kylie Jenner challenge. Yikes.) Anyway, when this challenge was popular, I hated it. It was the absolute dumbest thing to me. The way I saw it, people are going to judge you regardless of what you do with yourself because they just do.
This brings me to my main point: judging. Let me start off by saying that we are ALL guilty of judging. I can, in fact, attest to there being a time where I was one of the most judgemental people ever. I was sheltered and naive; it was disgusting. (I shudder at the thought to this day.) No, this is not something I am proud of. But of course for me to grow out of it, it took time. I can remember my mom brought it to my attention. One never wants to hear about themselves, but I thankfully have a mother who doesn’t hold back.
What I had to realize was every kind of lifestyle was just a decision away. The only things separating us from anybody else are the choices we make. There are some who chose to go to trade school rather than college. Honestly, there is no shame in that. In fact, I feel we could use more people going to trade school because it does not seem very common. The only difference between me and them is my choice to go to college.
The only difference between us and criminals are a single choice. What if we started thinking about everything like this?
If all we do is spend our lives pulling our hair out over other people, we are only going to end up bald and lonely (and I don’t think I would look good bald). Picture a world where people did not judge each other, understood that our differences are only decisions and kept their full heads of hair. That is a world I want to live in.
