I rushed to judgment on another person and now I feel real bad about it.

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I was quick to judge my neighbor. He seemed angry and hostile. He stopped talking to me a month ago after I mowed his lawn. I figured he was angry because I failed to cut back the vines that grew up along the porch and steps of his house. I jumped to conclusions, thinking, he was being angry for no reason at all. I gave it some thought and decided I would go ahead and cut his lawn anyway as it only takes an extra 10 minutes to do his front yard after I did our front and back and alley. Today I became very sorry for having misjudged the guy. Yep. He wasn't angry at me at all. The thing is, he found out something at the hospital that was so upsetting that he was unable to work and unable to deal with every day stress. He has a medical condition that could very well threaten his life and to make matters worse, he had to get a transfusion to stay alive in the ER. His other issues came to light after a basic medical checkup. He told me today that not only does he have serious health issues but that his son had been diagnosed with a blood sugar count around 600. His son only in his middle 20's was losing feeling in his right leg and had to walk on crutches. They gave his son treatment. He has Type 1 diabetes. I feel so badly about rushing to judgment that I almost cried. I went home after talking to him when I had finished cutting his back yard and I told my wife about it. Now I fully understand. People who get bad news about their health can behave angry for no reason except there is a reason, fear. Anxiety and dread. All of these wrapped up into one single outlet. So I feel I need to pray for my neighbor and ask God for his forgiveness for my being quick to judge a neighbor falsely. I am humbled by the news and the reality that people can get sick and when they do they tend to get really upset and angry at the world. It's perfectly natural human behavior. For this reason I will not be so quick to judge my neighbor. I mean that in regard to all of my neighbors, both far and close to home. Have you ever rushed to judgement about another person only to later find out they were angry because of a health issue that was so terrible it challenged their very inner self?