To Judge and Be Judged

I’m a judgmental person. I don’t recoil from the label. Judgment is necessary for human survival. It’s how we identify and mitigate threats. It’s how we determine what our boundaries should be. Judgment underlies all of our choices. I find it’s better to be firm than it is to waver. Even so, rigidity is the enemy of progress. Bright lines sometimes move, or we realize we have to cross them. Our opinions have to be flexible enough to change with new…