Dozens of times a day, I can’t help but think, “Wow, I am really weird.”
For a few little examples…
When I am checking out at the grocery store, I like to take my time and arrange all my groceries by weight and where they’ll go in the kitchen. That way, it’s easier for the person doing the bagging and it’s easier for me when I go to put all the groceries away.
I don’t despise the treadmill. In fact, I kind of really like it — especially when there’s a TV and I’m able to coordinate my workout with the nightly news.
It’s so much easier for me to wake up before a new hour rather than right after it. For example, it’s easier for me to wake up at 7:45 rather than 8:15. At 8:15, I’m like, “Well, I’ve already slept through a new hour. Might as well make it 9!”
The closet doors have to be perfectly shut at night, not for fear of monsters but because I like semblance of “tidiness” — even if the rest of the room is a disaster zone.
Trust me, the list could go on. I’ll spare you…
Today, when I was thinking through some of my peculiarities, something struck me: To one person, my urge to organize the groceries may seem normal. To someone else, my relationship with the treadmill might be relatable. Another person might even be as obsessive-compulsive about shutting the closet doors as I am.
Big deal, right? Only when I started thinking of it in another context: Who am I to judge anyone else whether it’s about how they butter their toast or it’s about the decisions they make in life.
Beyond those more trivial things, I’ve made decisions that the me of 10 years ago, five years ago or two years ago would have judged. I’ve even done things that I’ve negatively judged other people for doing. It’s hypocritical and there’s no excuse for that… Except I am learning.
I know that I’ll continue to do weird or downright foolish things. But, then, maybe the next day I won’t. Maybe I’ll have learned my lesson by then and will be able to look at others with less judgmental eyes.
That’s about all I can hope for.
To conclude, a quote that I believe sums it all up…
What do you think?
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