Your intuition is not always right.

Often we make our own opinion without thinking twice on the issue. If we feel the things are wrong, we certify that the things are actually wrong. If we feel the person is bad, we conclude that he/she is certified bad. But some times, this perception changes when we realize that we thought from just one way track. We never bothered to view the other side of the story.

Here is a situation in a story. One day a person was waiting for his flight. He notice a kiosk selling coconut biscuits. He bought a packet, put it in his traveling bag and then patiently searched for an available seat so that he could sit down and eat his biscuits. Finally he found a seat next to a gentleman. He smiled and sat patiently and reached down into the traveling bag and pulled out the packet of the coconut biscuits.
As he did so, he noticed that the gentleman, sitting next to him, whom he smiled, started staring at him. Whenever his hand went, the gentleman eyes followed it. Suddenly the gentleman sitting next to him, picked one biscuit from his packet and started eating. He was more than surprised at this. For every one biscuit he picked, the gentleman picked one. This continued till the packet was finished.

Now, what's your immediate impression about this gentleman? Crazy? Greedy? He's got some nerve? Can you imagine the words you might use to describe this gentleman?


After the packet was finished, this gentleman left without even saying a single word of thanks.
This person was stuck wondering, "Did this really happen?" He was left sitting there dumbfounded and still hungry. So he went back to kiosk and bought another packet of coconut biscuit. When he returned to his seat and began opening the coconut biscuit packet he accidentally glanced down into his traveling bag. Sitting there in his bag was his original coconut biscuit packet-still unopened. Only then he realized that when he had reached down earlier, he had reached into the gentleman's bag, and grabbed his packet of biscuit. Now, what do you think of this gentlemen? Generous? Tolerant?

You've just experienced a profound paradigm shift. You're seeing things from new point of view. The negative suddenly became positive. The wrong became right.

Is it time to change our point of view?
Now, think of this story as it relates to your life. Seeing things from a new point of view can be very enlightening. Be open to suggestions. Things may not be what you have presumed.

-Pavan Kaushik
Me Within Myself