“When you judge others, you do not define them, you define yourself.”

– Earl Nightingale, American radio personality, speaker and author

“I’m very judgmental,” she admitted. “I know that about myself, and I hate it!”

I was speaking with an acquaintance about some life changes she hoped to make. One of them was the seemingly uncontrollable urge she had to judge every person, place and thing.

“I grew up in a family where everything had to be a certain way, or it was wrong. It forced me to become a perfectionist – a control freak. Now I’m an out-of-control-freak. I’m hyper-critical of everything and everyone, including myself. I want to change. I need to change.”

We are all judgmental at time...

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