You are standing outside the first floor entrance to a building.

Next to you is a bank of 3 light switches.

One of the switches controls a light bulb in a stock room on the second floor.

The other two switches don't control anything.

The only way you can check the light on the second floor stock room is to physically walk up the stairs, open the door to the stock room, and check the light.

You can do anything to the switches that you want before you walk up the stairs, however you are allowed only one trip up the stairs to check the light.

Assuming the light and switches are off to start with, how do you find out which light switch controls the light using only one trip to the room?

Read the quiz and take little time to think. Give your feedback then see the right answer.

Answer

Turn on the first switch, wait for a couple of minutes to allow light bolb to get hot, and then turn off the first switch and turn on the second switch. Go to the second floor immediately and if the light bolb is off but hot, it's the first switch. If the light is on, it's the second switch. If the light is off and cool, it's the third switch.

You are driving along on your motorcycle on a wild, stormy night, it's raining heavily, when suddenly you pass by a bus stop, and you see three people waiting for a bus:

1. An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.

2. An old friend who once saved your life.

3. The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.

Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing very well that there could only be one passenger on your motorcycle?

Wait for a while and give your feedback then proceed:

This is a moral/ethical dilemma that was once actually used as part of a job application.

Common answers could be like:
* You could pick up the old lady, because she is going to die, and thus you should save her first;

* or you could take the old friend because he once saved your life, and this would be the perfect chance to pay him back.

* However, you may never be able to find your perfect mate again.

And the master of logic says:

"I would give the motorcycle keys to my Old friend and let him take the lady to the hospital. I would stay behind and wait for the bus with the partner of my dreams."

Moral:

Sometimes, we gain more if we are able to give up our stubborn thought limitations. Never forget to "Think Outside of the Box."

So what was yours ????? :)

Now, ten years later, I have just started this blog and as I have been rereading these diaries, I have been encouraged with one obvious fact about progress: In my heart I can sense the way home even in teen age.

Since writing this post, I guess all I have really been trying to do is that live the gentle approach it contains. I hope that this little blog of mine echoes the truth of my own path. I want to walk with bloggers and readers.