Judge Judy

Right is right even if you’re the only one doing it and wrong is wrong even if everyone else is doing it... Our moral compass is always subject to being compromised by life's circumstances, what we go through shapes the things we believe in and it also alters what we feel is right and wrong. This life doesn’t allow for grand sweeping statements of what one should or shouldn’t do, no you have to do what you feel is right for the situation and most importantly for you. Can you live with the weight of your decisions? The mirror on the wall will be the judge of that, sleepless nights and the stress will tell on you before long. Morality is such a fickle thing, it can move and change more often than moon or the tide it affects. To be moral, to judge what is right and to know what is wrong. Where does this ability to decipher between the two exist? Is it our hearts or our minds, is it gut feelings or something more tangible, is it a calculated equation comprised of the sum of our experiences or that innate feeling we get that says to us "this is wrong"? Can that voice that speaks those three words be muffled, can that opinion be skewed due to the cold consequences of reality, the things that are real to "us" or "you" or "me"? Are our actions to be judged by this ever changing compass or are we only supposed to rely on God for direction in this turbulence we call life? Was it "He" who instilled in us what we should know as right or wrong or was it our upbringing that gave us this moral scale to weigh our decisions? Your right is not my own, what you feel about a situation doesn’t affect the morality of my judgment. Each person and each situation will carry its own shade of grey and who is to say that he or she or they are wrong for what they are doing? You? I surely hope not, I hope that a person or people are not the deciding factor in that battle for what is perceived to be right or wrong. No, not our imperfect selves, so flawed and privy to feelings of love, hate, jealousy and envy; no, not you, or me, or anyone else for that matter. We should go to great lengths to not be the one judging from the outside in, we should instead spend that time molding our own circumstances to fit what we believe to be moral and true. Let the man in the arena decide what is the best course of action for his own life and pray that "He" allows you to do the same...