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To: one_less who wrote (83809)	7/13/2000 5:31:10 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 108807

What a great story. And of course you were both right in your own subjective little worlds. Or to put it another way, opinions differ. But the person in power usually gets to be "right" with the "truth" in the end. But it's nice to realize, once in a while, that it isn't really truth- it's just a choice in how we are going to interpret reality.

To: one_less who wrote (83809)	7/13/2000 5:35:18 PM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 108807

Wonderful story brees and so right on! I heard a story which goes like this... A man about 40 enters a subway with his four children. The kids are jumping around and acting crazy bothering the other passengers. The man (obviously the father) was doing nothing about it. He just sat there while his children were rude and offensive toward the other passengers. This went on for quite some time. Finally, (out of exasperation) another passenger approaches the man and says. "Sir, I wonder if you've noticed the way your children are acting, they are bothering me and obviously every other passengers around us". The father looks down sadly and slowly responds....Yeah, we just came from the hospital where they watched their mother die, and I guess I just don't know what to say or do with them right now.... In an instant your perceptions can change. Michael

To: one_less who wrote (83809)	7/15/2000 9:53:38 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

That is a good one. Let me tell you one that involves adult disagreement: As the primary caregiver, I learned to anticipate trouble quite a bit before it happened. Not only that, but I also learned that I could not afford to indulge my son too much. Thus, on walks I would sometimes get into little arguments with my wife about my tendency to try to move him along after giving him a couple of minutes to stop and explore, or have mild disagreements when I seemed to be a little overly protective. As time went on, sometimes she would take him for a walk by himself. She learned that he would not listen to her very well when she wanted to move on, until she would get frustrated, because he was used to her being the indulgent one. She also had a couple of small mishaps (like falling in a shallow stream) because she was being nice, and was not on the lookout for the risk. I had tried to explain, but I could not prove the points, and only her own experience brought it home.