Contest: "Looks Can Be Deceptive."

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Looks as being used here basically refers to one's appearance, your outward demeanor or expression which is seen and understood by others. You could wear different looks at different times like; happy, sad, serious, lost and many others.

Deceptive on the other hand refers to something that is misleading, deceiving or not true.

So "looks can be deceptive" can also translate to "appearance can be misleading".

I have been guilty of wrong judgement so many times before.

This particular time it was with my brother. He always had this happy vibes and looks that would make you think all was going with him. I was financially down and needed assistant so I reached out to him 'cause I thought was doing great at the time. I got a negative reply from him and concluded he wasn't willing to assist me.
I later found out I was totally wrong, he had lost his job few months back but still looked happy and normal like nothing happened.
I felt bad for not being understanding and judging wrongly.

Well, I'm not a good judge of anything at all but I've been right a few times.
My mum isn't one to hide her feelings. If she's sad, you get to see it on her and if she's happy, it's obvious. She came back from work and had a sad face on. For some reason I just didn't believe she was actually sad. I followed her up, asking her questions and disturbing her until she finally said it.."I've been promoted".
LoL, she wanted it to come as a surprise.

I think I notice this more often than not. Right from the unnecessary jungle justice to the little things we do. I witnessed a man being beaten to pulp based on "he looked like the thief".

Heading to school that day, I decided to follow the busy road 'cause it's been long I took that way. Trying to walk my way through people, I heard a lady screaming "thief" and pointing at a man who was so surprised as I was. People around surrounded the innocent man and without questioning, started beating hell outta him.
The police later intervened and when the lady was asked why she thinks he stole from her pocket, her ridiculous reply admist tears was "he looked like the thief".

• Never be quick to judge, you don't know what people go through.
• It's very wrong to act or draw conclusion based on what you think of someone.

Thank you @josepha for organizing this contest. I also want to invite @bossj23 , @vudeme123 and @uduak3287 to participate.

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