"A young couple had just moved into a new neighbourhood. The next morning while they were eating breakfast, the young woman saw her neighbour hanging the wash outside.
"That laundry is not very clean," she said. "She doesn't know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap."
Her husband looked on, but remained silent.
Every time her neighbor would hang her wash to dry, the young woman would make the same comments.
About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband, "Look, she has learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this."
The husband said, "I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows."
And so it is with life. What we see when watching others depends on the purity of the window through which we look."
Note:
Let's not presumed on a trivial or light matter without first finding out all the relevant facts. Thus, if we have only superficial or apparent evidence without in-depth study and do not have the capacity to find out more, then it's better to give the benefit of the doubt.
On the other hand, if it is a serious or weighty matter, then due diligence to find out all the relevant facts would be the order of the day.
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