JUDGE YE NOT

Oh wow! We have all walked in your shoes but to put it in writing for all to read, never. Your last two lines is what will carry us all through our misjudgements. Thanks for sharing. Gail

Well, Fred....you got your comeupance, didn't you? Don't feel ashamed or bad about your folly, we've all been there one way or another. What a good lesson you've taught me, despite the fact that I am also too quick to judge....Kath

A reminder that a person shouldn't be judged based on his/her appearance is a good thing. A reminder that a person shouldn't be judged based on his/her sexual orientation is another good thing. Peace, Renee.

Our stories are indeed similar. Isn't it interesting though, the way both stories are told...from a man's prospective and again from a woman's. We both learned a valuable life lesson!

A wonderful story-from a man that admits his 'fault' by judging. Loved the story. My husband, and my father, were both in law enforcement in the RCMP.My Dad never got cynical, never judged people, and always supported the 'underdog'.
On the other hand my husband became very cynical, judgemental, and seemingly cold hearted in many ways. After he retired, some ten years ago, the young man I met 40 years ago has reappeared. He has skaken that mantle of negativity, and is the man he should be,and that man is kind, loves his family, and will do things for people that nobody else would ever tackle.
I have that young preRCMP man back, even though he is 62 years old!
Awesome-he is just awesome in the way he lives his life now.
Your story made me think of him, and I must get him to read your story.
Great job!!
Bonnie.

Having spent 25 years as a cop I can tell you that the things one sees on the job can easily make a man cynical, and also judgemental. It takes an awful lot out of a man sometimes and many can not cope with it. We never considered a man to be a real cop until he had at least seven years of it under his belt and still continued to do it. It is a job that destroys many a man. The divorce rate and the alchoholism rate among cops is high. It is not all drinking coffee, eating donuts and riding around as many believe it to be.
Fred