Judging.... I still don't get it...

I've had fairly empty thoughts till date until I stumbled upon something which I get irritated a lot. So, I'm writing about it! I'm not all that bad and English. There is this word though, which still tears me apart - because I simply cannot understand the precise meaning of it. That word is called judgement.

I think I wrote in one of my previous posts that I do judge. Yes, I will still subscribe to that. My only question is, who doesn't? I cannot find a single person who doesn't brand another person something even though they don't know him or her from Tom or Betty. Its a pathetic state of affairs primarily when I am branded as someone who judges too much.

When I have a point of view, I stick to it and defend it with all I've got even if I'm 'wrong'! How does having strong opinions or just speaking your thoughts get you into a mess? I'm the guy to answer that because more often than not, I've been termed harsh and one who is negative - just because I said something bad about certain people. The strange thing is when that person says something negative about someone else, I'm supposed to listen to that - without saying a thing. Smells like hypocrisy to me.

Everyone has an opinion about everything and everyone in the world. Just because you say it - you are branded as someone who judges which I feel is ridiculous. I do realize the difference between thinking and actually speaking and I'm similarly sure that everyone realizes the difference between transparency and being translucent.

Also, people feel that it is okay to let others judge them and not the people who know them. Yes, familiarity does breed contempt. I still don't understand though, why everyone is so afraid or tired of defending themselves in certain situations. I know it is tiring but, that's the way the world works.

The fact is that the only difference between the person who 'judges' and doesn't is that the former actually thinks aloud. In my view, there is no difference between the two people - in a way it is better to know what people think about others and various other things rather than them being quiet.

I still am not quite familiar with the whole term judging.. but hey.. I probably will never get it!