Until you've walked the path.

 It used to bug me every time a person criticized or judged me because of a situation I had gone through or was going through, without them even bothering to find out exactly what led to the circumstances. I used to get offended so easily, harbouring negative thoughts and feelings inside of me towards them. 

It was only when I found myself doing to others what I didn’t like them doing to me (which was jumping to conclusions, criticizing and judging their situation) did I understand that until we have walked in person’s shoes and been through what they have been through, we cannot possibly fully comprehend why they behave the way they do or why their lives are the way it is. We have no right to criticize or even judge a person’s situation, even if we think that our opinion or understanding is right because it may not be. 

I was ashamed with myself when I realised I was being a hypocrite but it has and still is making me mature in regards to dealing with other people and their situations as well as realising that not everyone will understand me and the situations I have been through and will go through in life, but as long as I remember where I came from, what God has helped me through and where I am going, that is all that matters.