How well do you think you know your family? Your friends? Acquaintances? I bet you feel like you know at least some people very well. I also bet you don't really know anyone completely. We are all untold stories.
I don't know about you, but my mind is a constant rolodex of random thoughts and subjects. My brain is always on and always scrolling through this rolodex of things to consider or worry over or plan for or whatever. I have very certain feelings about myself. I know things about me that no one else on this earth knows. A very few people know me pretty well, but most only know what I want them to know.
Take Facebook, for instance. Some people, like me, post a lot on there. I post only the things I don't mind others knowing about me and my life. Occasionally, you might get a glimpse of struggles I'm facing, but you will never read the deepest, darkest truths about me there. Similarly, most of us walk around with a facade that we consider acceptable for public viewing. We let down some walls around close friends and family, but we don't tell our complete story to many people, if any.
Then, you have the people who share way too much publicly. They're always airing their dirty laundry, only to crawl back into the same dirty old clothes time and time again. Then, they wonder why so many people judge them. Ummm.... didn't you just tell me what a scumbag that guy is? Now, you're living happily ever after... for today? Have you ever heard of the boy who cried wolf? Yeah. I'm not coming running when I hear you complain, anymore. Those people also have an untold story. They may not even realize it themselves, but there's a deeper story and disconnect there somewhere.
My point is, we only know what people want us to know. We aren't seeing the full picture with most people. For that reason, we should be slow to judge and quick to listen when they want to open up to us.
Good point!
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