Imagine you are at an Airport. While you're waiting for your flight,
you notice a kiosk selling cookies. You buy a box, put them in your
traveling bag and then you patiently search for an available seat so
you can sit down and enjoy your cookies. Finally, you find a seat next
to a Gentleman. You reach down into your traveling bag and pull out
your box of cookies. As You do so, you notice that the gentleman
starts
watching you intensely. He stares as you open the box and his eyes
follow your hand as you pick up the cookie and bring it to your mouth.
Just then he reaches over and takes one of your cookies from the box,
and eats it!
You're more than a little surprised at this. Actually, you're at a
loss for words. Not only does he take one cookie, but also he
alternates with you. For every one cookie you take, he takes one.
Now, what's your immediate impression of this guy? Crazy? Greedy? He's
got some nerve? Can you imagine the words you might use to describe
this man to your associates back at the office? Meanwhile, you both
continue eating the cookies until there's just one left. To your
surprise, the man reaches over and takes it. But then he does
something unexpected. He breaks it in half, and gives half
to you. after he's finished with his half he gets up, and without a
word, he leaves.
You think to yourself, "Did this really happen?" You're left sitting
there dumbfounded and still hungry. So you go back to the kiosk and
buy another box of cookies. You then return to your seat and begin
opening your new box of cookies when you glance down into your
traveling bag. Sitting there in your bag is your original box of
cookies - still unopened. Only then do you realize that when you
reached down earlier, you had reached into the other man's bag, and
grabbed his box of cookies by mistake. Now what do you think of the
man? Generous? Tolerant? You've just experienced a profound paradigm
shift. You're seeing things from a new point of view. Is it time to
change your point of view?
Moral
Many a times, we are clouded by our own instincts and predispositions.
These hamper our relationship with our peers, subordinates and
superiors. Try to be non-judgmental and look beyond the obvious.
From India, Coimbatore
733you notice a kiosk selling cookies. You buy a box, put them in your
traveling bag and then you patiently search for an available seat so
you can sit down and enjoy your cookies. Finally, you find a seat next
to a Gentleman. You reach down into your traveling bag and pull out
your box of cookies. As You do so, you notice that the gentleman
starts
watching you intensely. He stares as you open the box and his eyes
follow your hand as you pick up the cookie and bring it to your mouth.
Just then he reaches over and takes one of your cookies from the box,
and eats it!
You're more than a little surprised at this. Actually, you're at a
loss for words. Not only does he take one cookie, but also he
alternates with you. For every one cookie you take, he takes one.
Now, what's your immediate impression of this guy? Crazy? Greedy? He's
got some nerve? Can you imagine the words you might use to describe
this man to your associates back at the office? Meanwhile, you both
continue eating the cookies until there's just one left. To your
surprise, the man reaches over and takes it. But then he does
something unexpected. He breaks it in half, and gives half
to you. after he's finished with his half he gets up, and without a
word, he leaves.
You think to yourself, "Did this really happen?" You're left sitting
there dumbfounded and still hungry. So you go back to the kiosk and
buy another box of cookies. You then return to your seat and begin
opening your new box of cookies when you glance down into your
traveling bag. Sitting there in your bag is your original box of
cookies - still unopened. Only then do you realize that when you
reached down earlier, you had reached into the other man's bag, and
grabbed his box of cookies by mistake. Now what do you think of the
man? Generous? Tolerant? You've just experienced a profound paradigm
shift. You're seeing things from a new point of view. Is it time to
change your point of view?
Moral
Many a times, we are clouded by our own instincts and predispositions.
These hamper our relationship with our peers, subordinates and
superiors. Try to be non-judgmental and look beyond the obvious.
From India, Coimbatore
Sardhar sahab.......nice story... i have read this story before...but the way it has been posted here is different and moral of the story is also amazing......... Thanks for posting....... :D :D :D
From India, Vadodara
From India, Vadodara
Dear All,
Very interesting one. This is originally a poem "The Cookie Thief" by Valerie Cox. It was read by Dr. Wayne Dyer. This poem is also included in "Chicken Soup for the Soul".
The Cookie Thief
by Valerie Cox
A woman was waiting at an airport one night,
With several long hours before her flight.
She hunted for a book in the airport shops.
Bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop.
She was engrossed in her book but happened to see,
That the man sitting beside her, as bold as could be.
Grabbed a cookie or two from the bag in between,
Which she tried to ignore to avoid a scene.
So she munched the cookies and watched the clock,
As the gutsy cookie thief diminished her stock.
She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by,
Thinking, "If I wasn't so nice, I would blacken his eye."
With each cookie she took, he took one too,
When only one was left, she wondered what he would do.
With a smile on his face, and a nervous laugh,
He took the last cookie and broke it in half.
He offered her half, as he ate the other,
She snatched it from him and thought... oooh, brother.
This guy has some nerve and he's also rude,
Why he didn't even show any gratitude!
She had never known when she had been so galled,
And sighed with relief when her flight was called.
She gathered her belongings and headed to the gate,
Refusing to look back at the thieving ingrate.
She boarded the plane, and sank in her seat,
Then she sought her book, which was almost complete.
As she reached in her baggage, she gasped with surprise,
There was her bag of cookies, in front of her eyes.
If mine are here, she moaned in despair,
The others were his, and he tried to share.
Too late to apologize, she realized with grief,
That she was the rude one, the ingrate, the thief.
How many times in our lives,
have we absolutely known
that something was a certain way,
only to discover later that
what we believed to be true ... was not?
Regards,
Surbhi
From India, Pune
Very interesting one. This is originally a poem "The Cookie Thief" by Valerie Cox. It was read by Dr. Wayne Dyer. This poem is also included in "Chicken Soup for the Soul".
The Cookie Thief
by Valerie Cox
A woman was waiting at an airport one night,
With several long hours before her flight.
She hunted for a book in the airport shops.
Bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop.
She was engrossed in her book but happened to see,
That the man sitting beside her, as bold as could be.
Grabbed a cookie or two from the bag in between,
Which she tried to ignore to avoid a scene.
So she munched the cookies and watched the clock,
As the gutsy cookie thief diminished her stock.
She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by,
Thinking, "If I wasn't so nice, I would blacken his eye."
With each cookie she took, he took one too,
When only one was left, she wondered what he would do.
With a smile on his face, and a nervous laugh,
He took the last cookie and broke it in half.
He offered her half, as he ate the other,
She snatched it from him and thought... oooh, brother.
This guy has some nerve and he's also rude,
Why he didn't even show any gratitude!
She had never known when she had been so galled,
And sighed with relief when her flight was called.
She gathered her belongings and headed to the gate,
Refusing to look back at the thieving ingrate.
She boarded the plane, and sank in her seat,
Then she sought her book, which was almost complete.
As she reached in her baggage, she gasped with surprise,
There was her bag of cookies, in front of her eyes.
If mine are here, she moaned in despair,
The others were his, and he tried to share.
Too late to apologize, she realized with grief,
That she was the rude one, the ingrate, the thief.
How many times in our lives,
have we absolutely known
that something was a certain way,
only to discover later that
what we believed to be true ... was not?
Regards,
Surbhi
From India, Pune
Thanx Mr. MPMS,
all such situation really happens in one's life, and realy such stories, takes u to all such incidents, which had happened in one's life.
really good one, pls keep posting such good stories.
regards
K B Dubey :D :D :D :D :D
all such situation really happens in one's life, and realy such stories, takes u to all such incidents, which had happened in one's life.
really good one, pls keep posting such good stories.
regards
K B Dubey :D :D :D :D :D
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