I’m not going to tell you.

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“What? That's crazy,” you might think! Why would I watch a film when I don't even know what it's about?!? In a word: spoilers.

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I believe the power of a story is in the journey. I want you to discover this tale as it unfolds. To see how our perceptions can mislead us. To see how knee-jerk assumptions can lead us to false conclusions.

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I will say this: Jump The Gun is one story told three times. Each time, more information is revealed so that what you may have thought was happening initially may not be the case at all.

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Allow me to share with you the story that inspired this one...

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A man is on the subway with his small children. The kids were running rampant, shrieking as they chased each other and basically causing chaos. The other passengers were annoyed! They couldn't believe this man was just standing there. They exchanged pointed looks with each other and got increasingly agitated. Finally, someone said something to the father.

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The man, gazing blankly, snapped back to the moment. He immediately apologized and explained they were coming from the hospital where his wife had just died.

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Suddenly the passengers were not the least bit annoyed. Most felt deep empathy for the father, and a few even engaged the children with games to help.

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The initial perception of a bad father was not true when given all the information.

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We live in a time when people are lashing out, hurting others and in some cases dying because of our mis-perceptions.

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What if we could move towards generosity? I love the kind of attitude that Brené Brown encourages in her book Rising Strong, "What is the most generous assumption you can make about this person’s intentions or what this person said?"

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