Assumptions Never Let Us Succeed

An old matron, a beautiful young girl and two teenagers—constantly at loggerheads with each other—were travelling together in a train. The train approached a long dark tunnel. Suddenly there was a sound of

someone kissing followed by the sound of a tight slap. 

When the train came out of the tunnel one of the teenagers was found sitting with his face in his hands with a dejected look on his face.

“That girl really slaps hard. My cheek is aching.

Looks like she missed the other fellow and hit me instead,” he thought.

I wounder why that boy overlooked me and kissed that old matron instead. The old lady must be happy that someone found her good enough to give a kiss. Why did she slap the poor fellow?” wondered the

beautiful girl.

At that moment the matron’s face held a deep frown as she thought, "Wonder why that girl had to slap this boy so hard. He was only doing what is natural to boys of his age when they see a beautiful girl. That silly girl must realise that no one will kiss her when she is older like me.”

The second teenager sitting in the far corner had a smug look on his face. He thought, “I hope the train passes through another tunnel. I shall kiss my wrist again and slap that boy once more!”

Moral: Never assume things. Misconceptions can mislead us. Remember there can be varying perspectives to a single concept.