Usually when I have a topic that I want to bring - up or else an issue that I need to write as my blog,first and foremost I must have a title before I could conceptualize the storyline. But this time, it's the other way around.
Yesterday,I had a chat with my cousin, out of the blue he mentioned to me about his friend who recently arrived from Riyahd for a one & a 1/2 months vacation. This friend has been working there for almost 5 yrs. as a psychotherapist, in one of the biggest hospitals in Riyahd. A day after his arrival, with his family,they went for a shopping spree in one of the most popular and prestigious malls in Metro Makati. My cousin's friend happens to be imprecise about image.But mind you his intelligence is quite a big contrast to how he looks. As expected, they shopped so many things ( as in sooo... much ) as you could imagine. As they were about to reach the cashier, to pay for their items, they were astonished, as well as the other costumers around them when all of a sudden they heard the cashier yelling at them. She was commanding my cousin's friend to transfer to another line. Instead of yelling back, he approached her and ask why, after waiting for an hour for their turn to come will just be yelled at, to transfer to the other lane and start allover again?, what is this,some kind of a joke?. " This is only for cash items, for credits,it's there in the opposite lane! " answered the lady impatiently. " Don't worry Ms. all these will be paid as cash". As expected the woman cashier was so embarrassed.Good for her.
What I want to point at in this intrinsic incident, is how could some of us be so judgmental. For us, LOOKS count a lot. Usually our basis to adjudge a person is from external angle. How fashionable the person is, how expensive is he/she is wearing, branded bag, jewelry..etc.In short these are our crude basis of how a person should be treated.I hate to say this, usually we experience this kind of treatment from people with mediocre state of mind.It may look ironical, but sometimes we find those who are really filthy rich,bigwigs and those who are considered and referred to as born w/ " silver spoon " are rather the one who are humble, accommodating, and graceful in dealing w/ those people who are not so lucky, ordinary and the needy.I would like to think that this might be the reason why until now some of our brothers and sisters are still waiting for their REDEEMER to come down from heaven. Why? because they are expecting somebody Who's influential, rich, and guarded by a battalion of armed men.So different from what we Catholics know about The LORD JESUS CHRIST, our REDEEMER. Anyway I'm in no position to condemned or judge anybody, as the bible say's,"Judge not as nobody has the right to judge you".I would also like to quote Melanie Marquez "Don't judge a book by it's cover, and my brother is not a book ,so why judge him". Quite right, don't you think so? therefore I conclude that this blog will be entitled....
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