How do you see the random people you encounter each day?

Do you notice them, or not?

If you do notice them, does anything pass through your mind about them? Is it a good thought, or a not-so-good thought?

What if you are in the grocery store and you see or hear a young child throwing a temper tantrum, while the mom is attempting to shop for her family? Do you look with compassion upon her and the child? Or do you judge both of them and assume the child must be a spoiled brat, and she must be an awful mother?

This is just one example of common encounters we have all had. But the possibilities are endless. It is so easy to catch a sliver of someone’s existence and fill in the blanks, based on our own previous experiences. But how fair is that? Think about someone seeing you in a not-so-p

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