Sometimes we assume that everyone else in this world is exactly like us. Here is a story from Bobby Knight's book that illustrates this fact. A man in his eighties loved to fly fish. Once he was standing onshore casting out into the water when he heard a voice from somewhere close say: " Pick me up." His hearing was not very good. He heard a voice again saying, " Pick me up. I'm down here by your feet". He looked down and saw a huge frog.
"Pick me up and kiss me, and I'll turn into the most beautiful woman you've ever seen. You'll be indulged with pleasures no man has ever dreamed of, for the rest of your life. You'll ...."
He picked the frog up, looked at it a second, and put it in the pocket of his fishing jacket. "Hey! , the frog screamed,'Didn't you hear me? I said kiss me, and I'll turn into a beautiful woman, and for the rest of your life give you pleasures no man has ever known". He went back to casting for fish. The vocie screamed again, " Didn't you HEAR me?! I said, "KISS me and ....."
His arm arched another perfect cast, and without looking down he interrupted: "That may be true. but at my age, Id rather have a talking frog.
We all do this. Without thinking we assume that other folks have the same desires and craving that we do. My wife's taste in music is totall different than mine.I like country and she likes disco. I would rather ride a motorcycle or a bicylcle and she would rather ride a horse. We need to know ourselves and others also.
"Pick me up and kiss me, and I'll turn into the most beautiful woman you've ever seen. You'll be indulged with pleasures no man has ever dreamed of, for the rest of your life. You'll ...."
He picked the frog up, looked at it a second, and put it in the pocket of his fishing jacket. "Hey! , the frog screamed,'Didn't you hear me? I said kiss me, and I'll turn into a beautiful woman, and for the rest of your life give you pleasures no man has ever known". He went back to casting for fish. The vocie screamed again, " Didn't you HEAR me?! I said, "KISS me and ....."
His arm arched another perfect cast, and without looking down he interrupted: "That may be true. but at my age, Id rather have a talking frog.
We all do this. Without thinking we assume that other folks have the same desires and craving that we do. My wife's taste in music is totall different than mine.I like country and she likes disco. I would rather ride a motorcycle or a bicylcle and she would rather ride a horse. We need to know ourselves and others also.