Recently, I was chatting with a friend of mine. After a while, she said, “You just have to love the stupid, don’t you?” I thought that was a great pearl of wisdom, love the stupid. 

We all have seen things where we just shake our heads. For example:  

A man while lying on his stomach, head first, skateboarded down from the top of Pikes Peak at midnight!  

Another man raced through Denver during rush-hour traffic with speeds exceeding 200 miles per hour!  

Another guy ate over 50 hot dogs in a ten-minute period! 

Someone else stuck their arm in a lion’s den! 

You just want to call them stupid, don’t you? 

Yep! And, of course, they aren’t stupid, it’s what they are doing that is a little bubble off-center! 

When we call someone stupid, we’re doing this because we, most likely want to feel superior to them. We’d never do that! We’re smarter than that! Once again, our egos want to prove to us that we’re superhuman beings.  

I think the trick is loving those who are the most challenging to us, the ones we want to call stupid. Everyone on the planet is doing the best they can with what they have. For whatever reason, their judgment may not be sound at any given moment for whatever reason. And I bet you, like me, have done something others would likely call stupid at one time or another, right? And during our moments of stupidity, we probably would prefer those around us not to judge us, but rather, love us for who we are no matter what.  

There have been times when I: 

Placed a head of broccoli in the silverware drawer instead of the refrigerator 

Walked into a closet and closed the door thinking I was in the hallway! 

Stepped into fresh cement thinking it was mud! And … 

Microwaved my vitamins thinking they were blueberries. YUMMY!  

Sometimes all you can do is laugh at yourself. At least, I find humor a great cure for being stupid.  

We all have done things that are a little odd. We all want to criticize, judge, find fault, blame, be superior. However, to come from compassion, acceptance, and willingness to be open to something out of the ordinary, is the key. We don’t know what’s inside their heads. They have their lessons to learn like we have ours. What is the saying, those in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones? Perhaps we should throw our rocks in the gratitude pond instead of the fragile house. Rippling love, peace, and kindness is a better way of living than throwing stones of anger. So, before you pick up that stone before you want to call someone stupid, perhaps take a moment to think about your own reactions and words that you’re throwing out into the world. Every word you speak and every action you take have rippling effects. You want to be a ripple of good. You want to be the light, not add to the darkness. So, I challenge you to work on loving the stupid, and by doing so, you’ll change the way you see and change the way you live.