I grew up in a different environment than most people do with my father being a Hispanic pastor. Every Sunday I went to 2 services and played in the band during those services when I got older. It wasn 't until the last 3 or 4 years that I got to dress more casually, but before this I wore long pants and a collared shirt every Sunday all day. I grew up believing in God and following his commandments and thought this was the right and only way to live. Since I went to a Christian school most of my life, I thought everyone else believed it as well and didn’t see anyone else contradict it. It wasn 't until High School that this little boy 's dream was shattered, and the truth came out about the real world.
When the adults were looking it was that same Christian environment but as soon as they left. I saw people cussing, doing drugs, and cheating at school and thought to myself why are they doing? At school I tried to avoid these people and only talk with people I knew. As a soccer referee, I saw people cussing or yelling at their coach or at their teammates. This is something I was not used to. At first I didn 't want to say anything or react to …show more content…
So if I saw someone do something bad, then I would immediately judge them and did not talk to them for they would corrupt me. This just made me a hypocrite saying that I’m a Christian, but even I don’t follow God’s commands. Now I look at people with an open mind giving them the benefit of the doubt because it is not right to judge someone on appearances or one interaction, but you must get to know that person and try to understand that we are all different and have different backgrounds. I was raised to believe in God but that doesn’t mean that everyone else does or makes them lesser of a person if they don’t believe. When you get to know them they may surprise you, and you might just meet a new
When the adults were looking it was that same Christian environment but as soon as they left. I saw people cussing, doing drugs, and cheating at school and thought to myself why are they doing? At school I tried to avoid these people and only talk with people I knew. As a soccer referee, I saw people cussing or yelling at their coach or at their teammates. This is something I was not used to. At first I didn 't want to say anything or react to …show more content…
So if I saw someone do something bad, then I would immediately judge them and did not talk to them for they would corrupt me. This just made me a hypocrite saying that I’m a Christian, but even I don’t follow God’s commands. Now I look at people with an open mind giving them the benefit of the doubt because it is not right to judge someone on appearances or one interaction, but you must get to know that person and try to understand that we are all different and have different backgrounds. I was raised to believe in God but that doesn’t mean that everyone else does or makes them lesser of a person if they don’t believe. When you get to know them they may surprise you, and you might just meet a new