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Showing posts with label We often fall into the same problem ourselves. We often judge ourselves by a very different standard than even the one we judge others by. Show all posts
Showing posts with label We often fall into the same problem ourselves. We often judge ourselves by a very different standard than even the one we judge others by. Show all posts

Saturday, July 18, 2009

The Wrong Standard

The Wrong Standard

There was once a little boy who excitedly told his mom that he had just measured himself and he was six feet tall.

Mom was a little skeptical, so she asked him to measure himself again while she watched. She discovered the problem when the boy took out not a 12-inch, but a 6-inch ruler.

He had calculated well: he was six-ruler-heights tall – he just had the wrong ruler, the wrong standard. We often fall into the same problem ourselves. We often judge ourselves by a very different standard than even the one we judge others by.