Bible is not the only scriptural text that asks us to be aware of our judgments or to be cautious in making assumptions. Human mind is very susceptible to clues of varying types from which attitude codes are formulated. If the thief we caught had a beard, we spoil no time to create a programme saying that all bearded men are possibly thieves. It is very difficult for the mind to see all situations as new even though it knows that history does not repeat. Two men falling from the same cliff need not have the same destiny.
This is the story of a doctor who entered the hospital in hurry, changed his clothes and straight away rushed to the surgery block. On seeing him, a man who was waiting before the theater yelled, "Why did you take all this time to come? Don't you know that my son's life is in danger?” The doctor smiled and said, "I am sorry, I wasn't in the hospital and I have come as fast as I could. I wish you'd calm down so that I can do my work." "Calm down? What if your son was in this room right now, would you calm down?” The doctor did not wait to hear all that the man said. He passed a passionate smile and proceeded into the theater.
The surgery took some hours after which the doctor came out happily. "Thank goodness! Your son is saved!" said the doctor. He didn’t wait to hear the father's reply; he carried on his way running. "Why is he so arrogant?" commented the father. The father was surprised to see tears coming down the face of the nurse who came to him soon. She said in a low voice, "His son died yesterday in a road accident, he was in the burial when we called him for your son's surgery. And now that he saved your son's life, he left running to finish his son's burial!" Never judge anyone, because you never know how another’s life is and what he/she is going through.
Joseph Mattappally
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