I used to think that things were .... black or white ..... right or wrong ... while that is true to a point; there are so many variables.  Often we are talking about people and people are not perfect.  Each is unique as are their experiences, their minds, their hearts and souls.  It's a fact that we are bound by laws that dictate the consequences of actions; whether it be good or bad.  It's unfair to label all people good or bad.  We spend so much time on our proverbial "high horse" that we look down on people that are struggling.  We all sin and we all "sin differently".  It's how we pick ourselves up from our low points that matter.  Not all of us sin in such a way that we break laws of society.  Some sin and are good at hiding it or lying their way out of it. Some are called to pay the consequences of their actions.  None of us will be free from judgement in the next life.  

I work in law enforcement.  I have become somewhat jaded.  I see the worst in people.  It makes it hard to find the good sometimes.  I received a wake up call recently in my own family.  Yes, there are some people who do things that are evil, self serving, and manipulative.  But most are people are good.  Most have good hearts but have done something that requires them to pay consequences. They "pay for their crimes".  Sometimes that involves legal channels. Sometimes it involves taking care of things spiritually.  We don't have the right to judge or to punish people.  That is not our job.  I have seen the heartache of people who are trying to "find their way back".  I have seen other's find joy in keeping others down, by gossipping and bringing up past mistakes.  I have even been guilty of this, as I am no where near perfect.  I need to do better.  And I try every day.  It's a challenge to seperate this from the person I have to be to do the job I do. It's my job to approach situations with a bit of suspicion while gathering information from a caller.  I have to have empathy ... but not so much that I get "pulled into" a situation.

There is a picture and a quote that keep coming to mind .... "We are all just walking eachother home"