Differences

"May they all follow the teachings! May they reach their goal! It is not for me to judge another life. I must judge for myself." (pg. 28) Siddhartha realizes that not everyone finds what they want in the same way. This is something that I can relate to my life because over the years I have learned many things that could connect to it. One of them is that every person is different. We all have different qualities and defects. We all want to achieve different things in life, and our qualities allow us to achieve them in different ways. Our differences make us original and special. We cannot judge others because of this, we have to learn to respect them.

I have also learned that we have to be there for our friends when they make an important choice in their lives. We have to give them support. The friendship does not have to end, but we have to be there for them. Siddhartha was there for Govinda when he decided to stay with Buddha. He gave Govinda his blessing. Yet Siddhartha did not stay with him.  "You have my blessing, Govinda. I repeat it. May you travel this path to the end. May you find salvation!" (pg. 24)