Why is it that people are so quick to judge others, especially when they don't even know them. Something that I have always tried to make a personal goal of mine is to decide how I feel about a person after I have gotten to know them. If I were to make decisions about a person based on what other people say or first impressions I would be judging them or treating them unfairly.
The Lord gave a warning to guide us in our judgements of others. it says "With what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother: Let me pull the mote out of thine eye—and behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast the mote out of thy brother's eye" (3 Nephi 14:2–5).
In this scripture passage the Lord teaches that a fault we see in another is often like a tiny speck in that person's eye, compared to our own faults, which are like an enormous beam in our eyes. Sometimes we focus on others' faults when we should instead be working to improve ourselves.
As much as I hate to say this, but it's true, we should be careful in what we say or what we do because I know that I am being unfairly and unkindly judged by others.
