So for those of you who don't know I own and ride a motorcycle. Ok ... hold on a sec I know what you're thinking: "You're crazy...don't you know they're dangerous...you're gonna kill yourself..." ...I'm having a momentary lapse on what else I've heard, believe me I've heard it all. I'm not exactly sure why I'm blogging about it, but I've heard/read a lot lately about judging. Anywhere from being prejudged for being a girl in an engineer's world. To thinking we're better than the "stars" who subcumb to the stuff that comes with fame, money, sex, drugs, etc. Who's saying we wouldn't do the same thing if we were in that situation. Who's saying because I'm young I can't do something or learn.
It bugs me when people just assume something based on seeing one thing. For instance seeing a motorcycle accident, this does not mean automatically that the driver was young, stupid, or reckless. This is what a lot of people assume all because they see motorcycles weaving in between cars at a high speed. This is a small percentage of actual drivers who do this. This judgment has always bugged me I have always had a lot of respect for motorcycles even before I got my license.
This really got to me Tuesday afternoon/evening. I was on one of my trips to check on the dogs and passed a motorcycle accident on the other side/in the median. (see here for a pic: http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/Motorcycle_Crashes_on_I575_Killing_One_060209) I knew as soon as I saw it that it had not ended well, when I got to the house I immediately checked to see if there was any news, see if it was anyone I knew. I found one article (http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=130941&catid=8) and at the bottom of the page were already comments judging this human being. It really made me mad that people automatically assumed that this man had being doing something wrong. Have you never had an accident? Did you ever do everything right and still have something go wrong? I wish I could say I don't make snap judgments when I see something but I can't. I just hope and pray that the next time I go to judge I just pray. I can't help but pray for this family. Anyways, I should stop wasting your time with my rant. I hope you pray for the people next time you want to assume something. I know I'll try to. Please call me on it if I don't!
Friday, June 5, 2009
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