Nubaira Ahmer Khan

Pakistan

You only know what others show

I was sitting with my friend in the cafeteria of our university. Suddenly we saw a Chinese girl with crystal clear skin eating an oily spring roll. My friend said, in Urdu, “Look at her! How is she eating such oily things with so much confidence? She does not have a single pimple on her skin, while if we are to only pass-by any oily product we get a dozen pimples on our skin.” The Chinese girl calmly heard all our conversation, and then replied to us, in Urdu: “Stop judging me based on my skin. You have no idea how many other problems I have.” 

We both were surprised to hear her fluent Urdu (as we thought she wouldn’t understand it) and got embarrassed on judging her outer appearance.

On that day, I learned that before judging anyone, you should walk in their shoes. Secondly, God created everything perfect in its own way.