Yesterday I was in a hurry....as usual (that's why they call us Rushians?!) to go to the Expo. I got there and was picking a piece of paper that had dropped onto the floor, when my eyes saw.....my right foot had on a blue sandal and my left foot was wearing a brown sandal, with a totally different design!

How embarrassing!

I was going to laugh aloud --- ah....but that would have added to the embarrassing moment!
So I made a quick decision to just keep quiet and walk on as if nothing was amiss in a crowd of hundreds!

Of course several thoughts went through my mind --- I could go buy a new pair of sandals...I could get my husband to go home and get me my 'other half'.... If anyone were to laugh at me, I was prepared to say it was fashionable to wear different color footwear....Or I could just say that I was doing a survey to see if people actually notice what people wear!

I went through my day from Expo to Changi Airport Arrival Hall (to meet a family), then to a Food Court for lunch, went to Ghim Moh (a housing estate), walked to a supermarket to buy groceries, and walked through a carpark....NOT A SINGLE SOUL commented, came to me, or even giggled at me all day.

My conclusion:
We think people notice us --- they don't.
We think people care what we wear --- they don't.
We think we have an embarrassing experience --- people are not even conscious of our existence!

So let's not be so self-centered, but be others-centered.
Then I'm sure when we notice them, when we care about them, when we are conscious of their needs and their experiences, they will then see us!