Is life all about judging and being judged? Sometimes it sure seems as though it is. There are numerous public forums today for expressing opinions and feelings, and much of the commentary is harsh and critical, and often unjust. 

How do we free ourselves from judging others or finding fault with them? And why would we even want to? Christ Jesus, the Way-shower for us all, tells us why in his Sermon on the Mount: “Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven” (Luke 6:37). 

There is plenty of incentive to forgo judging, ourselves as well as others. And yet it can seem difficult, especially when it feels justified, not to fall into that critical, condemning mind-set, and sometimes even go to the extreme of “canceling” someone (the modern-day version of shunning) if they say or do something we disagree with or find egregious.