My name is Fuseini Osman, for those of you who do not know me, I also happen to work as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist in a local Hospital in one of the cities in Ghana. About 5 days ago, I encountered a case that has motivated this write up. While I was running a weekend shift with two of my colleagues, a-19-year old High School girl came to the Lab with a request card. According to the request, the physician wanted us to carry out a pregnancy test for the young lady. So one of my colleagues quickly carried out the test and realized it was positive. He then said " how does a-19-year old Senior High School girl get pregnant? This is wrong, She should be concentrating on her studies and not indulging in sexual activities"
When I heard this , I remembered something someone once said,
We are not here to judge, we are here to help.
So I said to my colleague, you don't don't know the first thing about this lady, besides the fact that she's pregnant, you don't know where she comes from, how she got pregnant or even who is responsible for that pregnancy. And yet, you are comfortably judging her. The truth is that, most of us are often quick to judge others when we haven't walked in their shoes. For all you know, you would have done worse giving their circumstances. I am not in anyway justifying wrong doing, but I am just saying let's not be quick to judge people. In any case, who decides what is wrong and right, in most cases, our judgement is based on our own opinion of the matter. Remember that while you may see a figure as a '6' , another person may see it as a '9' from a different angle.
Before you judge someone, ask yourself these two questions:
- What are their circumstances ?
- Would I have acted any better giving those circumstances ?
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