Surprises

So lately I've been strugging alot with issues of judgement. Mostly because I have all of these pent up feelings and prejudices about things that are coming from my past, which realistically don't have anything to do with who I am at this moment or what it is that I currently believe in. Earlier tonight, I was on a duty round, and I went to the basement to check on a haywire washing machine. I heard someone playing this amazing jazz music on the piano. I sort of (stalkerishly, if that's even a word) looked over to see who it was. At first it looked like some big, brawny football guy, but I dismissed that immediately in my mind, because how could that be possible? I went on to check the washer in the laundry room, and came out, and to my surprise, it was the big, brawny football guy I had imagined. Being really nosy, I went to check the computer lounge near the piano, and found that not only was it any big, brawny football guy, but one I had given an alcohol violation at the beginning of the year, and who had acted like a total pain in the ass to me... So, I stopped and started listening to him. He and I proceeded to have a conversation about how his father made him play the piano, but that he was grateful because it was a really big part of his life now, and about how he really wanted to be a music major but that it potentially could conflict with football, and he didn't know what to do. Honestly, this conversation totally shocked me- And then, I started to think... why? It's because I'm judgemental. And I hate it. I think that it's something I really need to work on- This guy was frankly one of the best pianists I have ever heard, and our conversation was really good. I guess, at this point, all I can do is refer to a good ole Grey's Anatomy Quote- "Sometimes people surprise you, but once in a blue moon, people take your breath away..."