Of Trees and Wind

Think about it: a man lives on a little island his whole life, and there is nothing but a lone tree and the relentless sea breeze for company. When the sea breeze blows, he sees the tree sway, and after many, many years, he thinks -

"There is wind because the tree sways!"

It's strange how it doesn't matter how intelligent or wise the above-mentioned guy is. He could be as sharp and intuitive as Limin (my nose! it got longer!) but to him it's perfectly logical and reasonable that the tree's the cause of the breeze...

So don't be so frustrated when someone else cannot understand you, or does something you perceive to be completely illogical or unreasonable. A high EQ alone is still not sufficient for one to wholly empathize with everyone, because it's mere projection - projection of yourself into that person's shoes.

The emotions projection invokes simply cannot match going through something yourself!