A couple moved into a new apartment.
One morning, just after waking up, the wife glanced out the window and saw their neighbor hanging laundry outside.
“Look at that,” she said. “Her laundry is still dirty.”
Her husband kept reading his newspaper and didn’t respond.
“Maybe she’s using cheap detergent,” the wife continued. “Or maybe she just doesn’t know how to do laundry properly. Someone should really teach her.”
And every time the neighbor hung clothes out to dry, the wife would comment on how “dirty” they looked.
Then one morning, she looked out the window and exclaimed,
“Oh wow! Her laundry is finally clean! Looks like she learned how to wash properly after all!”
Her husband calmly replied, “Actually, I got up early today and cleaned our window.”
That’s how it is in life.
What we see often depends on the window we’re looking through.
And before we rush to judge others, it’s worth making sure our own perspective—and our own heart—is clear.