When we judge one another, what it does more than anything else is it distances us from one another. Judging is so easy. We can judge each other without knowing one another’s history, story, background or pain. We can judge easily without having to do the harder work of self-examination. We can judge while standing at a distance, without any effort or intention to actually get to know one another or help one another. We make our own assumptions based on what we think we know or understand without having to do the harder work of asking why.

Rev. Irene Pak Lee