Judging Others

There is a proverb:
المرء يقيس على نفسه
“A person judges others by his own situation.”

A man was sitting in a restaurant, writing on a piece of paper.

A child saw him and thought: “He must be drawing a picture.”

A businessman saw him and thought: “He must be signing a business deal.”

A young man saw him and thought: “He must be writing to his fiance.”

An old man saw him and thought: “He must be writing to his mother.”

Every person interprets your words & actions according to their personal situation. The human brain is wired to identify patterns and sometimes it imagines patterns where there aren’t any.

‏جلس في زاوية المطعم، وبيده ورقة وقلم ..
العجوز ظنته يكتب رسالة لأمه ..
والشاب ظنه يكتب رسالة لخطيبته ..
والطفل ظنه يرسم ..
والتاجر ظنه يتدبر صفقة ..
والموظف ظنه يحصي ديونه ..
كل شخص يفسر تصرفات الآخرين من زاوية اهتماماته.