Where is the line between observation & judgment?

Exploration on how I go about my perception of people

I walk through the world and experience my surrounding, people, nature, situations and places. I see everything around me, I hear sounds, I feel temperatures, touch and wind, I smell all kinds of scents and I taste different flavors when I eat food or drink beverages.

My senses are engaged all the time in perceiving my surrounding, so I know what I like, where I feel well, who I enjoy interacting with and which places to avoid, which food to eat or not to eat. I observe everything around me and decide upon what I want to interact with, who, why and when. If something is unpleasant, I avoid it. Maybe it’s too loud, maybe it’s too crowded, maybe it stinks.

I feel free to choose what I surround myself with, without judgement.

Unless its people. Then a tiny voice in my head whispers to me “I should not judge”. It used to be louder, it used to decide for me, no matter what, that I should interact with the person, that I should keep the friendship, that I should accept the behavior, because ‘I should not judge’.