One day at dusk, a peasant was sitting on the threshold of his poor house, enjoying the coolness. A road leading to the village ran nearby.
A man walked along it, who, seeing the old man, thought: "This man is lazy, he does not work and sits on the threshold of his house all day."
A little later another traveler appeared. He thought: “This man is Don Juan. Sits here to look at the passing girls and, perhaps, annoys them. "
Finally, one forester walking into the village thought: “This man is a great worker. He has worked hard all day and is now enjoying a lawful rest. "
... In reality, we cannot know much about the peasant who is sitting on the threshold of his house. On the contrary, we can say a lot about the three travelers who entered the village: the first was a lazy person, the second was a womanizer, and the third was a great worker.
Everything you say speaks about you; especially when you're talking about someone else!
Projection is a defense mechanism in which a person ascribes something to the outside world that belongs to his own inner world. (Paul Valerie)
