Power of Opinon

A young, healthy and intelligent man wakes up and gets ready to go to work. His wife looks at him and tells him, ‘You are looking tired; are you alright?’

He feels irritated by her comment and tells her to stop imagining things and leaves. As he takes his car out of the garage, his neighbor is watching him and shouts out, ‘Are you feeling well? You look out of sorts!’ The man is surprised this time but tells him that he is alright and drives out.

He reaches his office and as he walks in, the receptionist looks at him with concern and says, ‘Sir, you look ill! Why did you come to work?’

The man replies, ‘Well, I think I am fine. Let’s see….’ And he goes to his office. He starts to work and a colleague enters and says, ‘Hey! You look awful. What’s the matter? You have fever or something?’ Now, this is too much for the man. He begins to feel uneasy and sick. Just then his boss calls him and he goes in. The boss takes one look at him and says, ‘You look really unwell. Are you sure you can carry on today? Why don’t you go and see the doctor?’

The young man has had enough. He feels positively ill by now; he says he would like to go home, and leaves.

As he drives home in his car, he feels his temperature rising. When he reaches home, his wife is surprised to see him back. She reaches out and touches his forehead and finds that he has high temperature!