Reflect

Reflect

We judge people all of the time. We point fingers or espouse “words of wisdom” trying to help other people be better, do better, or even act better … all the while we are not correcting our own behavior. We tell people what they should eat in order to be healthy and yet we stopped at DD to get a glazed chocolate donut for breakfast. We tell people to control their kids meanwhile ours are off being the ring leader of bad behavior. We tell our friend to dump the loser they are dating and yet our own partner has left us in tears - again. We tell others to leave the job they despise, meanwhile another year has gone by of us hating our own career path. We run around with opinions about everything, except our own actions. Here’s a secret, no one is going to listen to you if your own house is messy. No one is going to take anything you say seriously unless you are walking the walk and talking the talk.

 

Before you point the finger of judgement, do yourself a favor and point it right back at yourself. Get honest. Ask yourself if you are taking your own advice. Then do just that. Take your OWN advice. Stop being the town crier for what everyone else needs to fix and start cleaning up your own backyard.