A little patience :-)

Please humour me and play a little game today.

The only thing you need to do before you begin is close your eyes and assume (purely hypothetically, of course,) that you have a serious illness; you can pick anything you like, something that is likely to bother you through each day - diabetes, high blood pressure, back-ache, etc. You haven't been able to find a satisfactory cure yet... are you done? Good.

Now read the 3 scenarios below, one at a time, and note your emotional response to each of them.

Scenario 1: You're walking down a road, when you come across a place with a sign that says: "Relief from almost any ailment in 3 months, through ancient medical science. Free of cost. Just step in."

Scenario 2: You're walking down a road, when you come across a place with a sign that says: "Relief from almost any ailment in 3 months, through ancient medical science. Rs.3000/-. Just step in."

Scenario 3: You're walking down a road, when you come across a place with a sign that says: "Relief from almost any ailment in 3 months, through ancient medical science. No charges, voluntary contributions welcome. Just step in."

Now, without thinking about it too much, in which scenario did you feel most comfortable stepping in as a patient?

Please mark your response in the box directly under the Followers box on the right side of this blog. (Voting is anonymous, of course)

In a week's time, when everyone's had a chance to respond, I'll tell you the reason behind this little exercise. I also hope to be able to leave you with something to chew on.

Thank you very much for playing along and see you in a week.