Point of views- a lizard story

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In a room, where only silence prevails, is a man standing on the floor?

In good time he looks up at the ceiling and sees a lizard equally staring at him.

The same thoughts resonate through the room breaking the silence…

The man thinks “a lizard hanging on to the ceiling”.

Slowly, as you move up to the lizard’s standpoint you hear it think “a man hanging on to the ceiling”.

Moral of the story:
Point of view and choices of perspectives are what make even lizards right in this bamboozling world! 

Comments

  1. cosmicdustMarch 31, 2010 at 5:35 PM

    that's exactly what i thought when i fell off the cliff once...'oh no, the cliff is falling!'

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  2. AdminMarch 31, 2010 at 6:15 PM

    How does the Point of View work if there is no Lizard?

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  3. Sonam PhuntshoMarch 31, 2010 at 6:36 PM

    @admin, then the man sees just the ceiling...
    @cosmicdust, interesting! :P

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