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- There was a man who picked up a parrot from the store. Each time he visited the store, the parrot sales lady would give him some wisdom about parrots, but the her wisdom had broader implications. Once, she said (paraphrasing): the parrot will need to be taken out of his cage and given another area to play during the day, otherwise, he will eventually decide that the cage is his home and he will then need to defend it, i.e., start biting people. Once he starts biting, it begins a downward spiral relationship with whoever claims him.
- There was a child who refused to go out into the sun. When challenged, the child explained: "humans only have 7 layers of skin and that were one to lose them, it would certainly spell certain death.". The child's belief was a misunderstanding of a sunburn which had caused some peeling of his skin after a sunburn and not understanding that skin can regrow. The child's belief had paralyzed him.
- There was a family who was driving home one day, and saw a woman walking on the side of the road with her child. "How dangerous.", thought the husband to himself, which he then verbalized. The wife responded, compassionately: "Maybe she doesn't have any money and is doing the best she can and has no other option than to take her child with her". The husband responded: "Well, there is always a way." Later that day, the same family was at Walmart, and when they tried to start their car, it refused to start - it wouldn't even make a starting sound. The husband checked all the fuses and usual suspects, but found nothing out of the ordinary. The husband said, "Well, let's just use Uber (a car service) to get home.". Unfortunately, this would not work because we had too many passengers and the baby was getting hot and needed to get home . Finally, after exhausting the options, the wife said: "Well, let's walk home" Home was only 2 miles away from the Walmart. So the family walked home due to having no other way. After arriving home, the wife and the husband got into the other car to go back and get the car left behind at Walmart. Upon arrival, the car started immediately, and as of this writing, a year later, hasn't had problems starting since. The lesson seems to be being careful with one's judgment towards others in stressful states. Perhaps we should have offered the woman a lift instead.