the [reason] for sharing??

[Take one story, viewed from two different angles.]

I happened to came across this phrase while reading the book [the five person u meet in heaven] today, and somehow, I felt that it quite applies to what I am goin to share with you all next…

So it all started off with the treating of cakes to my boss and colleagues on Wednesday afternoon as I had mentioned earlier in my previous post. As you all can see, I was quite happy about giving them this small treat. To me, I feel that this is just a small simple gesture of showing my appreciation to them as I have also been receiving treats from them on several occasions and there simply isn’t any ulterior motive behind it. At first I had thought that they should be happy, if not, at least appreciative about it (C’mon, why should anyone be unhappy if someone else gives you a treat?).

However, I just learnt today that it wasn’t exactly what I had thought it to be. From my colleague’s mouth, I found out that my boss had actually been quite puzzled about the reason for my treat that day as it seems like in his eyes, I have appeared to be quite a stingy person. “STINGY??” I was totally taken aback when I heard about this. I couldn’t figure out what is it that I have said or done that has made him feel that way about me, neither could my colleagues… I was quite sad upon learning this and I sincerely hope that this is not what you all feel about me too… if yes, please do let me know, I definitely do not want to be labeled as a stingy person!

I know that there’s no way I can control other people’s perception about certain things, but I am just quite surprised that a simple gesture like this could actually take on such a different meaning in another person’s eye.