Black, White, Or Striped?

I daily see two kinds of birds: the all-white seagulls and the all-black crows. When I look at them I always remember a little story about a bishop who - while visiting an elementary school - asked the children if they believed they were white (=good) or black (=bad). One of the children, evidently the wisest one, answered, "I believe I am striped". What an answer! Human beings more often than not tend to stereotype the view they have of their fellows into specific categories. They put a label on them and.... that's it. Marked for life.... He is stingy. She is vain. They are show-offs. He is a clown. She isn't capable... and so on and so forth. Do you ever take the time, do you even care to find out who and what they (your relatives, friends, co-workers, others in general) really are? I am sure that, if I had the possibility to examine a seagull in detail, I would find that it is "not" totally white, as almost surely a crow is not a hundred per cent black. Maybe just one feather is slightly lighter or darker. That's enough to make the card castle of your judgments collapse. Nothing and nobody is a one hundred per cent "anything:  Learn to be lenient. Leniency is a positive human characteristic that not all human beings possess. It's a virtue that makes you inclined not to be harsh, it encourages you to be merciful and indulgent. While you define another black, do you really believe that you, yourself, are totally white? So... how would you like to be judged by others? How do you think you might be judged by others?