By Misty Prine
“We witness other people’s storms from the shelter of our own perspectives. Let us be mindful that we don’t add the cold rain of judgment to their already soaked spirits.” – Liz Newman
Each of us wander around each day with our own storm clouds hovering over our heads. The thing is this. Our storm clouds are not visible to others. We often deal with our own struggles in silence.
Some of the stronger ones among us hold it together very well around others and wear smiles on our faces and can function like all is well in the world. Those are the ones that often struggle the most to be completely honest. Those are the ones that must hold it together because they have to be strong for others around them. Usually it’s their family, friends and even co-workers. Some of us, not so much. We
wear our struggles for others to see.
The main thing to remember is this. Everyone is struggling in some way, whether they wear it well or not. What we need to keep in mind is that we don’t need to judge anyone based on what we perceive of them while they are walking through a valley of their own. It’s not our place to judge after all. We also don’t need to be a stumbling block for them by adding to their situation in any way. We wouldn’t want that judgement in return if the tables were turned, would we?
We must be mindful that we never want to add any “cold rain of judgement” to their already soaked spirits as the quote above says. We never want to be the one that is their “if one more thing happens, I don’t’ know if I can handle it” person, in other words. Everyone is fighting a battle we know nothing about. We just always need to be kind and show that Christ-like love to everyone we meet. We would want that in return.