This is Stephen. He never listens to the teacher. This is Mark. He chases us and is very noisy. I'm just sitting here minding my own business.
Condemnation flows from anger and from anger it returns.
To condemn and criticize another is an invitation for them to hold a mirror up to you. The parents who scold their child for using drugs or alcohol soon finds themselves scolded for their own coffee, tobacco, or alcohol use. As you have meted out condemnation to others, so they will mete out condemnation to you. As a correction strategy, we must realize that condemnation rarely, if ever, brings about the desired change in another person. That is so important, let me say it again.