Trust me as a friend not to jump to wrong conclusions, not to pronounce a person guilty without first offering the benefit of the doubt while ALL pertinent facts are gathered.
Trust me as a friend not to assume an attitude of superiority, which, pointing fingers of blame, casts you into the hot seat where guilt is declared before explanations that may clear your good name have been heard.
Trust me as a friend to consider you innocent of wrong doing based upon circumstantial evidence, which, being full of holes, can't hold water.
Trust me not to be quick to judge while professing myself non-judgmental, suggesting the judge knows not himself. Unfortunately, most are unaware of judgements flying here, there, everywhere, non stop, for this reason:
The human brain is programmed to judge right from wrong, automatically.
Therefore, the only way to be less judgmental is to recognize when a judgement has been made and consciously choose to bring your mind back to neutral while listening, questioning, listening in depth to explanations until every puzzling piece of a story fits together and clarity is yours ...
BTW ... this is important to note: That which you may have been taught is right, I may have been taught is wrong. Need an example? Think politics, religion, prejudice, social mores, disciplinary measures ... Therefore upon second thought, you may determine that what 'felt' wrong, initially, may not actually BE wrong. In fact, once our minds open to considering different schools of thought, something that 'seemed' wrong may be the very thing that expands perspective in connective ways :)
If asked to determine who EARNS my trust, today, I reply:
I've learned to place my trust in those
Who've learned to grow aware of separating opinion from fact.
Nuff said :)
Trust me as a friend not to assume an attitude of superiority, which, pointing fingers of blame, casts you into the hot seat where guilt is declared before explanations that may clear your good name have been heard.
Trust me as a friend to consider you innocent of wrong doing based upon circumstantial evidence, which, being full of holes, can't hold water.
Trust me not to be quick to judge while professing myself non-judgmental, suggesting the judge knows not himself. Unfortunately, most are unaware of judgements flying here, there, everywhere, non stop, for this reason:
The human brain is programmed to judge right from wrong, automatically.
Therefore, the only way to be less judgmental is to recognize when a judgement has been made and consciously choose to bring your mind back to neutral while listening, questioning, listening in depth to explanations until every puzzling piece of a story fits together and clarity is yours ...
BTW ... this is important to note: That which you may have been taught is right, I may have been taught is wrong. Need an example? Think politics, religion, prejudice, social mores, disciplinary measures ... Therefore upon second thought, you may determine that what 'felt' wrong, initially, may not actually BE wrong. In fact, once our minds open to considering different schools of thought, something that 'seemed' wrong may be the very thing that expands perspective in connective ways :)
If asked to determine who EARNS my trust, today, I reply:
I've learned to place my trust in those
Who've learned to grow aware of separating opinion from fact.
Nuff said :)
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