Prejudice

Prejudice [n.]: An opinion or judgment formed without due examination.

In every human lies an iota of prejudice, and this originates from past experiences, assumptions, and appearance. I've wrongly judged people a lot of times only to discover I was wrong about them. Some of the judgment was based on holding to one person's side of the story, just to later discover I have been holding onto the wrong information and was quick to have judged without proper examination.

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During my 3 weeks camping, a guy who was the captain of our group always acted like a cultist. What even made me conclude he was , was the logo he decided to use for the T-shirt the group were supposed to wear. It was a logo of a skull sitting on dry bones. Most of the group members weren't happy with the logo he chose including me, but then I was quick to assume he was a cultist and even communicated it a few times. After the camping, I realized I knew nothing or little about him, he was a committed member in his religious group and detest anything immoral. The reason he had chosen that design was his natural love for such images and nothing attached.

The aftermath of my judgment only made me ashamed of judging someone I know nothing about. At one point I told myself why judge without truth, so it was better to not judge at all until I was sure. I realized it was more peaceful to be in the light before judging to save myself from shame.