DONT JUDGE! :)

Everyone judges, subconsciously even. You can't say you don't judge because you'd be lying.  We all make assumptions about people based on their appearance or behavior. Just some food for thought though...

Before you call me fat/skinny depending on your P.O.V. let me tell you how I love my body for what it does, wheres its been, how far its come, and not what it looks like. Before you call me lazy for taking every chance to sit down, let me tell you how I work on my feet all day at 2 jobs and then go home to take care of my family and go to the gym to run everyday. Before you judge me for eating something that's unhealthy and decide I must be throwing up after, consider that I make 95% of everything I eat and that's the other 5%.  I workout so hard that occasionally I deserve some indulgence. Before you say, "Look how hard shes trying with her perfect hair, makeup and outfit...insecure", let me tell you how presentation is a majority of the reason that new clients come to me at my salon. People chose a stylist based on their style. Before you say, "Look at her hair, it's a mess, and she's a hairstylist?!", consider how much hair I've done on any given day. Do you want to work when you are off the clock? Before you think, "Uncultured American" let me tell you about how I've been to places in Eastern Europe that you've only heard about on the news. Before you say "That's what happens when you get married at 22" when I tell you I am divorced, ask me how my husband and I were told we would have to live in separate countries for 10 years before we could be together again. Before you ask me "Of all places, you want to visit New Jersey!?" ask me about the 15 year old girl that I donated bone marrow to so that she could survive, and ask me where she lives. Before you look down on me for not having a college degree, consider that I gave up summers during high school just so I could graduate beauty school and high school at the same time and start my career when you were applying for colleges and loans. Ten years later which one of us has a thriving career and which one of us can't find a job and is in debt up to their eyeballs?

I'm not saying I don't judge because obviously I do, we all do. But when you think those things, stop and consider that you are judging a person, fighting their own demons, with a story and a life all their own that you have no idea about.