Two sides to every story.

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Yesterday during my walk, the Phil Collins song "Two Sides of the Story" came up on my i-pod and it got me to thinking of back when I got divorced. I remember talking to my hairdresser and she was telling me about something her lawyer told her when she had gone through her divorce. There are actually 3 sides to every story. There's what each party involved perceives as well as what actually happened. Because everyone has different values, ideas and upbringing, we all see things differently. Now, this does not mean that either party is lying, it's just that the perception is different. You can really understand this when you hear the reports of tragic events - robberies, accidents and things. Everyone doesn't descirbe the exact same thing. It's also apparent in the game I used to play as a kid - Telephone Line, Operator, Pass it On. One person whispers something into a persons ear (like a red car was parked in the driveway) and they whisper it to the next person and so on. By the time the sentence gets to the end, there was a car accident with 2 people in the hospital but the dog was ok. Yes, my mind tends to wander a bit when I'm doing my walks!