Judging before you know the facts

Judging before you know the facts 

So recently, I was watching Beckham on Netflix. It was a documentary about David Beckham and his wife, Victoria Beckham Aka Posh, spice. Now I never knew the backstory of them, but what I saw on social media made me assume that they were 2 rich snobs. Yes, shoot me, I am human, and this occasionally happens to me too. I judged them.

Watching this documentary showed me the backstory on who they really were and how they got here. It was nothing like I thought.

He was a world-famous football (soccer) player in England. Loved by all and one mistake at a World Cup game made him the most hated person in the world. They take football seriously in Europe.

They called him names, spat on him, and even had death threats against him and his family. He had just met Victoria, and they were falling in love. Both of them were in their early 20s, and this fame was extremely hard on them. Can you imagine the whole of Europe hating you? And you thought a few internet trolls were bad.

How he kept going in spite of that is beyond me. It definitely would have broken many people. But with the love of his woman, family, and teammates, he persevered. He went on to make a comeback winning the first in 20 years for England, the world's cup. 

Now look how fast we are to judge. I only saw what I saw on social media. I didn't know the back story. Imagine if we stopped for a second before we judged and took the time to look at maybe what a person is going through before we judge. How many of us would change our tune? I felt sorry for him and his family, I no longer thought they were snobs, but 2 human beings holding on to each other through this shit storm that was his life. 

So today, my friends, my takeaway from this is to all of us, myself included, don't judge someone so fast. You have not walked in their shoes. You may not know what they are going through. Have compassion for others and an open heart because one day, this could be you in this position, and wouldn't you want others to treat you like that.

Let us all remember that he who had no sin cast the first stone. Yeah.. that.

"Be the change you want to see,"

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