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Four friends once started dealing in cotton.
They had a godown for the storage of the bales.
Finding that the cottonseeds attracted rats to the godown, a cat was introduced by them to scare the rodents.
They tied jingles to her feet and since they loved it much, the jingles were made of gold!
Once, when the cat jumped from the top of the bales, it started limping on one foot.
So, they applied some balm and tied a long strip of bandage round the injured foot.
The bandage got loose. And the cat, unaware of the long narrow cloth that was trailing behind her, sat near the fireplace, and when the cloth began to burn, she ran helter-skelter and fled into the godown itself, where the entire stock of cotton was reduced to ashes in a trice.
The four friends had assigned to themselves each of the feet of "joint cat" and the injured foot belonged to one of them.
So the other three charged him with the damages, which they claimed from him.
The matter went to the Court and after hearing arguments on both sides, the judge said, “The injured leg has no responsibility, for it was taken into the godown with the trail of fire by the three healthy feet, So, damages have to be paid by the owners of the healthy feet to the owner of the limping foot”.
What may thus appear correct at first sight might prove wrong on second thoughts.
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Bala
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21Read this parable...............
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Four friends once started dealing in cotton.
They had a godown for the storage of the bales.
Finding that the cottonseeds attracted rats to the godown, a cat was introduced by them to scare the rodents.
They tied jingles to her feet and since they loved it much, the jingles were made of gold!
Once, when the cat jumped from the top of the bales, it started limping on one foot.
So, they applied some balm and tied a long strip of bandage round the injured foot.
The bandage got loose. And the cat, unaware of the long narrow cloth that was trailing behind her, sat near the fireplace, and when the cloth began to burn, she ran helter-skelter and fled into the godown itself, where the entire stock of cotton was reduced to ashes in a trice.
The four friends had assigned to themselves each of the feet of "joint cat" and the injured foot belonged to one of them.
So the other three charged him with the damages, which they claimed from him.
The matter went to the Court and after hearing arguments on both sides, the judge said, “The injured leg has no responsibility, for it was taken into the godown with the trail of fire by the three healthy feet, So, damages have to be paid by the owners of the healthy feet to the owner of the limping foot”.
What may thus appear correct at first sight might prove wrong on second thoughts.
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Bala
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also, what may appear wrong at first sight might be wrong experince talking one of my friends, when i first met her, appeared to be a total snob, now, one of my closest friends
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Whar struck me was "Money kills friendship"... or were these four guys friends in the first place??? :no:
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Hi, Bala,
I think the conclusion depends a lot on how you perceive things, how you look at things - whether you see a glass as half-filled or half-empty, and how you approach a particular situation. Probably, that makes a lot of difference. This is a really nice parable that broadens our thinking perspective. Thank you for it.
Rupa
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I think the conclusion depends a lot on how you perceive things, how you look at things - whether you see a glass as half-filled or half-empty, and how you approach a particular situation. Probably, that makes a lot of difference. This is a really nice parable that broadens our thinking perspective. Thank you for it.
Rupa
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Hi Bala, thats a very nice story which tells us that we should also look at all the aspects of any matter before taking the decision.... Thanks for posting..... Richa
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Thank you, everyone.
I agree with Rupa - it is one's own perception that determines opinion. But is perception always reality?
Our point may not necessarily be right in the views of others. We may feel it is right, but it may not convince others' perception.
Perception tells us what we think, and our perception to others is their point of view. Any point of view, whether it is accepted by others or not, is their choice. It may be right or wrong in their perception.
What do you say, Bala?
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I agree with Rupa - it is one's own perception that determines opinion. But is perception always reality?
Our point may not necessarily be right in the views of others. We may feel it is right, but it may not convince others' perception.
Perception tells us what we think, and our perception to others is their point of view. Any point of view, whether it is accepted by others or not, is their choice. It may be right or wrong in their perception.
What do you say, Bala?
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Well explained, Rupa. Good, thanks.
I had a "BOSS" who always tried to give sermons on how I should be for quite some time. After some time, since he found that I was possibly not taking his sermons seriously, he shifted to the blame game. It continued for some time where he used to say almost every morning what the perception of some "important" others about me was. He used to repeat "Perception is Reality" every morning a few times to me until I got fed up and decided to quit. Hence, I still seem to have aversion towards that statement "Perception is Reality". My strong opinion is that perception is NOT reality many times (in fact, most of the time)!
Bala
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I had a "BOSS" who always tried to give sermons on how I should be for quite some time. After some time, since he found that I was possibly not taking his sermons seriously, he shifted to the blame game. It continued for some time where he used to say almost every morning what the perception of some "important" others about me was. He used to repeat "Perception is Reality" every morning a few times to me until I got fed up and decided to quit. Hence, I still seem to have aversion towards that statement "Perception is Reality". My strong opinion is that perception is NOT reality many times (in fact, most of the time)!
Bala
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Hi Bala!
It seems you did have a bad experience sometime back. What I feel is that:
"It does not matter whether your perception is right or wrong, but what matters is whether your perception is accepted or not by those who matter (or are important) to you."
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Shyamali
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It seems you did have a bad experience sometime back. What I feel is that:
"It does not matter whether your perception is right or wrong, but what matters is whether your perception is accepted or not by those who matter (or are important) to you."
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Shyamali
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Yes, Shyamali, I did have a pretty bad experience on this subject. As mentioned, I did quit my earlier job because of that sentence - "Perception is Reality." And it was not so long back, because of which the wounds are still there! But, you are also almost stating the same thing: "It does not matter whether your perception is right or wrong, but what matters is whether your perception is accepted or not by those who matter (or are important) to you." Now, this is something which I am unable to digest and accept!
Thanks, Bala
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