"You never really know a man until you understand things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it" - Harper Lee

"You never really know a man until you understand things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it" - Harper Lee (To Kill A Mockingbird).

We are ever so quick to judge the man next to us - smelly, overweight, not groomed. We watch a mother with her unruly children and judge, a mixed race couple and judge, we even judge the well to do. Our judgments may be positive or negative but usually in the mindset that "it would never be me."

Have you taken a moment to try to dip into their life - how did they get to where they are, that you're now judging?

I feel fortunate in a way to be from a small, small town in Wyoming where everyone was a neighbor, where a hand shake meant more than a contract. It wasn't until I got out of the "bubble" and realized there was a HUGE world out there that didn't function this way - quite the contrary. There is good in everyone, I truly believe this - I believe somewhere in everyone's sole there's a piece of them that is compassionate and caring, loving and generous - I don't believe you could live without this in your heart - it may NEVER be tapped into, but it's there.

You don't have to be religious to want to love your proverbial brother, you should want to because they deserve to be loved, just as you do. They too are someone's family. I agree at times when you're wronged it's ridiculously difficult to turn the other cheek, to seek out the deeper root; we're human, but try as you may to step back and forgive.

People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.