Good Morning,
This afternoon I was reminded of a story which has continued to give me a chuckle. I was at a science fiction convention in upstate, New York. There among the many stars attending the convention was an actor, a writer and a special effects director who arrived earlier than the other stars. The convention staff had someone chaperone these people to see a movie to pass the time. I was a bit jealous of the person who got to drive around these three, take them to dinner and a movie.
While the chaperone has seen many movies, he had never seen one with a professional actor, a best selling author and a special effects guru. Into the movie they went and through the two hours of the movie, the chaperone was enthralled, enjoying the movie from beginning to end. He also anticipated discussing the movie with these experts.
As the movie ended and the lights came on, the chaperone raced to get his comments together to discuss the movie. What he liked most about it, what he will remember most about it, etc.
Then to his shock, the actor said "The acting was terrible". The writer followed with "The plot had holes big enough to drive a tank through". The special effects guru put the final nail I the coffin with "the special effects were horrible".
The chaperone bit his tongue and did not say a word about the movie which he thoroughly enjoyed. He did, though, wonder if he should have enjoyed it at all. Seeing how the acting was terrible, the plot had major holes in it and the special effects were horrible.
The experts had their say, but were they right?
In matters of opinion, while experts can weigh in, we should never lose our opinion and what we think about life around us.
The chaperone like the movie, and that is fine, no matter what the experts thought.
We should be the same way, and when necessary, avoid the experts.
Enjoy!
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