A great lesson observed this morning. When my three year old was picking her breakfast cereal, she picked the box with a picture of cookies on the side panel. When I began to pour her choice of cereals into her bowl she was quite disappointed, "Hey, that's not cookies!...I don't want it!" A classic lesson on not judging a book by it's cover. Or from the other side of things, being careful not to portray to others something we are not. Or, before we commit to something or someone, making sure we have looked at all four sides of the box so we have a clear picture of what we are really getting. Or, in my profession of sales, being careful not to prejudge a customer by assuming by the way they are dressed or by what they drive that we know exactly what they can afford. We need to be careful of what we assume is on the inside of the box based on the limited info we get from the outside.
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