Things aren't always what they seem

Published: November 20, 2008, 7:37 pm

> A young

> couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning, while they are

> eating breakfast, the young woman sees the neighbor hang up the wash

> outside

> 'That laundry is not very clean,' she said, 'she doesn't know

> how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs another laundry soap.'

> The husband looked on but remained silent. Every time her

> neighbor would hang out the wash, the young woman would make the same

> comment.

> About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a

> nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband, 'Look! she has

> learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this?'

> Her husband said, 'I got up early this morning and washed

> the windows.

> And so it is with life: What we see while watching others depends

> on the purity of the window through which we look.

Entry #650

Comments

Litebets27 - Nov 20, 2008, 8:06 pm

Oh so right

MADDOG10 - Nov 20, 2008, 8:51 pm

This is where the coined phrase " Through rose colored glasses " fits..!

Tenaj - Nov 20, 2008, 10:39 pm

Exactly Maddog10.

spy153 - Nov 21, 2008, 10:29 am

I liked that emilyg! Wherever did you get that?