Without Response

As we sit with family, at work, friends or any social event, we can find ourselves criticizing and or judging others around us. Maybe we should find within us a knowing that this "negative observation" is our Ego speaking to us and not our Spirit driving us to the true thought of just silence. What I mean by this is, in these times that we are judging others we can choose to seek the emptiness found in silence in order to become aware of our inner self and the Peace and Joy that we find in this silence. Maybe then and only then we make that decision to respond or not to respond. We could find peace and happiness without response.