Last update: February 12, 2015
It is common for people to find it relatively easy to judge the attitudes and behaviors of those around them. This is why, when we see someone doing something we don't like or consider incorrect, we immediately realize their mistake. This implies that many times we create a rather sharp judgment on this person. This can also happen with a single glance. Do we often judge too lightly? Why is it so easy for us to find other people's faults? Can we see ours with the same readiness?
The difficulty in seeing one's mistakes
If we could see in ourselves all the flaws that we are capable of seeing in others, it would be much easier for us to realize ourselves as people and control our attitudes. However, knowing yourself is not an easy task. It is complicated and also necessary to feel comfortable with ourselves and not to make mistakes.
Without a doubt, it is difficult to try to separate ourselves from our body while we are conversing or doing an activity in order to be able to see ourselves from the outside and be able to judge ourselves objectively. While we can try, there are other simpler ways of analyzing our behavior.
We are all human beings. This statement equates us on the same level and defines us as a non-perfect being who, therefore, makes mistakes and makes mistakes. That's why the mistakes that our fellow men make are the same that we make too. So what better way is there to know ourselves than by observing the people around us?
Observing others we will reflect ourselves in a mirror
Let's see a practical case: on the street or in the office we meet a person we know and who greets us coldly. This bothers us. The normal reaction is to negatively judge that person. If this behavior has bothered us so much and since we are all alike, it means that if we do so, other people may feel offended. So why don't we make it our goal to always greet you warmly and with a smile? The same conclusion could be reached if we thought that a person is selfish, proud or narcissistic.
We need to extrapolate each of these negative attitudes and internalize them as a norm to follow. If we do this, apart from discovering ourselves as human beings, we could become better people, which will lead others to feel respect and affection for us, and consequently to greater social acceptance.
We can therefore say that the best mirror we can use to get to know each other are people.
