A man goes to see a psychiatrist, and the psychiatrist asks the man, "What brings you to see me today?"
The man says, "I'm deathly afraid of chickens. If I even see a chicken I am frightened out of my mind."
"Why are you so afraid of chickens?" the psychiatrist asks.
"Chickens think I'm an ear of corn," the man replies.
The psychiatrist responds, "But you're not an ear of corn, you're a big, strong man. My job will be to make you understand that you are not an ear of corn."
"No, doctor, I already understand that," says the man. "Your job is to go to the chickens and make them understand I am not an ear of corn."
- Mauritanian folktale
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