Your fellow is your mirror. If you own face is clean you will perceive your fellow as flawless. If you see your fellow with a blemish, you are being shown what itis you must correct within yourself. - Baal Shem Tov
- Based on Beyond The Letter of the Law pg 118 Vaad Hanachos Hatmimim 1995
This is part of Divine Providence. Observed events and phenomena are for a reason, closely tied to one's path in life. If Divine Providence causes a person to see another's degradation, it is for a positive and constructive end, to open his eyes to a failing of his own.