Doug Laidlaw wrote:
> Michaela wrote:
>
>> I've ****bably posted this story before and never tire of
>> hearing it and perhaps someone here will get something
>> new out of it too.
>>
>> I found it in Ken Keyes' "Taming Your Mind" (originally
>> published in 1950). It is apparently fFrom "The Twelve
>> Rules for Straight Thinking" by William J. Reilly.
>>
>>
>> "... when a boy, I went fi****ng with three other boys. On the way
>> to the river we decided that the 'catch' should be pooled and
>> divided equally among all of us. And I agreed wholeheartedly.
>> I felt that it was absolutely fair and square. But during the
>> course of the day, I found that I was leading the rest in the
>> number of fish caught, and my attitude towards the whole
>> proposition of dividing the catch began to change. By the time
>> the day was over and there was no further chance of anyone else
>> catching as many fish as I had, I became violently opposed to
>> our original proposition, and told the boys that I couldn't
>> understand why a good fisherman should be penalised because
>> of the incompetence and bad luck of his associates..."
>>
>> - Michaela
>
> And what was the answer?
Answer?
Once an agreement is made, should it be
> changed?
*shrug*
I think the message may find it too easy to forget how we felt
when we were in the other person's shoes.
- Michaela
> Is it just a case of not looking at all eventualities?
>
> Doug L.
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