Opinions Anyone?

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"One should examine oneself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others. ~Moliere

I have always been amazed at how quickly people form opinions or pass judgment on others, usually with very little information on the actual situation (you can usually forget about actual FACTS) and how fast the gossip flies.

I’m talking about when someone takes in one side of a story, just one person’s point of view without bothering to ask for the other side or worse, not even considering that there might BE another side.

I have a knack (sometimes it feels like a curse) of putting myself in the other persons shoes. The majority of the time it’s a good thing because I can “see” what other people may have been thinking or feeling at the time regardless of it being “right or wrong”. I say “curse” because even when someone does ME wrong I can see where they may feel it was right. In the simplest terms, I can see how they may justify their actions to themselves.

I promise that i will post the times that this has happened to me and when I have NOT found it acceptable.

What do you think makes people form these types of opinions?

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