See the full person

I am a jerk face loser who doesn't practice what I preach. Normally I try to be an open minded individual who tries to let people be who they are without passing judgment. I try to see things as others might so I am not the one casting the first stone. But, alas, I need to try harder.
I few weeks ago as I was working and staring down to the street below when I saw a guy with only the right side of his handlebar and steering with one hand. In a frenzy, I immediately flew into a hysteric rant about unsafe cyclist. "What is this hipster thinking? This guy is giving cyclists a bad rap with his stupid toy handle bar," and blah blah blah. Like a bad restaurant experience I told multiple friends of the idiot cyclist. It made me feel better I guess to know that I stop at stop signs, wear my helmet and that all of my gear was up to legal specifications. What a good person I am, right?
Wrong! Today I saw that same person riding on the opposite side of the street. But this time I noticed him because he is missing his left arm and has no need for the left side of his handle bars! I am a prick for sure. Here I am with all of my limbs writing, ranting and squawking about the missing handle bar when this guy has the sack to not only get over his obstacle but to ride hard down the street.
So, what did I learn? Don't cast the first stone, don't judge the book by the cover, don't judge a person until you walk a mile in his shoes and most of all, make sure you see the full picture, or in this case, look at the whole person before you rush to judgment.
I don't know what that guy has been through but he went from douche bag to idol real quick this morning.
Now if I could only tell him to wear his helmet, he would be a super star.