For one man,
a dog is his best friend
For another man, a delicacy
For a small child, a
source of fear
For the family MD, a source of infection
Yet it is the same
dog.
Some monk sees a woman as a danger.
One man sees her as his
mistress
Another man sees her as his wife
A child sees her as its
mother
Yet she is the same woman.
For the lawyer of a suspect, the
victim is wrong
For friends and relatives the victim is right
For the
judge, the victim is a record
For the lawyer of the victim, a source of
income
An onlooker sees the victim as the one who is suffering
But only
the victim knows what that is.
A professor in thermodynamics sees cars as
simple mechanical devices
Does this make him a better driver than the
mechanic who repairs them?
The reflection of the moon in the lake at a
windless night and at a stormy night
See things as they are but err on the
side of caution for the underdog.