Don't Think Yourself Smart

Many of us think ourselves so smart, we look at situations and people who are in a bad state and we assume so many things. We think we would be better in those situations, we think we would have done better, and they may be overreacting. We get annoyed and we even tend to judge them sometimes.

The truth is that unless you have experienced the same kind of pain, emotional flood or any kind of trauma that someone in any particular situation may be in you have no right to even assume what it might feel to even go on and judge them. Empathy is there yes, but empathy is never the same shoe, we try to feel and support and help but it is never the same thing.

The thing about life is that it has a funny way of putting us in that very situation we so much hated, that situation we criticized so much when we saw others trying to wriggle their way out, we perhaps laughed, pointed fingers, judged, and made funny comments, thinking we would be better of or that we are better off without them.

Some are quick to cut ties with such individuals whether they may be friends or colleagues but when that time comes, ask yourself that would you be able to take up the dish you served to that person when you find yourself in that same situation. Please don't think yourself smart, be humble and live life accordingly lest life humbles you.