Have You Cleaned Your (Metaphorical) Windows Lately?
I share a short story from the Paulo Coelho blog. He is one of my favourite writers. This one and other stories on his blog reminded me of important things in life.
The Dirty Laundry
Author: Paulo Coelho
A young couple moved into a new neighbourhood.
The next morning while they were eating breakfast, the young woman saw her neighbour hanging the washing outside.
“That laundry is not very clean; she doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.”
Her husband looked on, remaining silent.
Every time her neighbour hung her washing out to dry, the young woman made the same comments.
A month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband, “Look, she’s finally learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this?”
The husband replied, “I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows.”
And so it is with life… What we see when watching others depends on the clarity of the window through which we look.
So don’t be too quick to judge others, especially if your perspective of life is clouded by anger, jealousy, negativity or unfulfilled desires.
“Judging a person does not define who they are. It defines who you are.” Good morning!
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Lada 🏡 Prkic
prije 2 godine #3
Thanks, Franci. We all have biases that can cloud our judgement. No one is immune to that. The first step is that we must be willing to admit we have biases. I remember a post by @Ken Boddie about it. We may convince ourselves how unbiased we are, but it is hard to recognize our own implicit biases. A great place to start a self-discovery journey is by taking the Harvard Implicit Association tests (Project Implicit). It was eye-opening to me. I recommend it to everyone.
Lada 🏡 Prkic
prije 2 godine #2
There are stains so difficult to remove. I wish I could ask your aunty for some advice, Ken. :) This reminds me that I need to clean my windows. 😉
Ken Boddie
prije 2 godine #1
People have different view points, that’s for sure, Lada. I tried telling someone the other day that 70 is the new 50. Pity he was a speed cop.
On the subject of laundry, my mum’s sister was amazing. She used to be able to get stains and smells out of any dirty washing. We called her Deodor Aunt.
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