The Boy Who Colored Everything Black
A teacher asked the children of her class to draw a rainbow. A ll the children used a variety of colors - red, green, blue, and yellow - except one. One little boy colored his rainbow with a black crayon. Never having seen a black and white rainbow before, the teacher the teacher was amazed at the boy's work and felt that he was psychologically disturbed. She decided that, rather than talk to him about it, she would wait and see what developed.
As the weeks passed, the boy continue to draw everything with a black crayon; and the teacher became more and more concerned, watching the child carefully to see what possible damage could have occurred to him at home. After studying the child for a period of time and not coming to any conclusions, she mentioned the boy to the school psychologist.
The school psychologist visited the classroom. While all the others in the class used a wide variety of crayon colors, not once did the boy color his work with anything other than black. As a result the psychologist also became concerned and later consulted with some colleagues who were specialists on the mind. After some discussion, the decided that, without a doubt, the child had deep-seated problems that had that had most likely been caused during infancy.
The parents of the boy were notified and questioned by the psychologist about their son's background. Nothing the parents said, however, revealed any aberration that could be responsible for the child's decision to color everything black.
The psychologist finally decided to question the boy himself. she called him into her office and asked him to sit down. "why do you color everything black?" she asked him.
The boy answered immediately, "It's the only crayon I have!"
We're like this too, when we judge other people. It's not that the other person has only one color in his color box, but when we judge him it's as if we have seen only one color or one aspect of that person. We judge other people. It's not that the other person has only one color in his color box, but when we judge him it's as if we have seen only one color or one aspect of that person. We judge him entirely from one thing we've seen from our own little view of him.