One of my lecturers is very cool - he's a philosopher of sorts and has authored a couple of books.

He told us that according to the whole yin yang idea, the Taijitu symbol represents that there's a part of good in every evil and a part of bad in every good. That was comforting to hear, because recently I've found that dark side of me to be increasingly prominent.

Last night, I chatted with one of my long-time friends.

There's a reason why you keep friends like these - they don't judge you. That is what makes or breaks a true friendship for me.

Some may argue that it is more important for friends to "be there for you", but I think that's overrated. It's nice to know that someone has your back, sure, but that's a pretty basic requirement, isn't it? If I were homeless, I would - dare I say it - expect my friends to take me in because it's a kindly gesture that you extend to someone you trust.

It's not easy to define what it means to judge someone. To me, that would be accepting someone regardless of his/her decisions instead of labeling that person as something because you think that (s)he has lower moral standards than you. That's the difference between "you're being selfish" and "you're selfish".

So I guess judging is something that people mounted on their high moral horses do and inapplicable to people who have lower moral standards than yourself, which is not to say that they have no morals, of course.

I deign to say more till I've given this more thorough thought, but in the meantime, here's a question for you:

Do you judge me? I'd really like to know.