Bare it all!

There is an old Indian fable about six blind men and an elephant that I would like to share with you.

In this fable, six men of Indostan went to "see" an elephant though they were all blind. The first man came to the elephant's side and said: "God bless me but the elephant is very like a wall." The second, feeling the elephant's tusk, said: "It is clear that the elephant is like a spear."

All six felt a different part of the elephant and each came to a different conclusion of what an elephant is. Each was both right and wrong.

Moral of the story, if a couple, a team or friends do not communicate openly, clarify things, and bare it all, there are bound to be misunderstandings. Because, each will see only his or her perspective and not all sides of the story.