At an airport one night, with several long hours before her flight, she hunted for a book in an airport shop. 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 them, 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....ooh, brother! This guy had some nerve and he's also rude. Why he didn't even show any gratitude! She had never known when she been so galled. She 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.
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 have we absolutely known that something was a certain way, only to discover later that what we believed to be true... was not?
Always keep an 'Open Mind', Because... You Just Never know.... You might be eating someone else's cookies.
9 comments:
I've read this before, cant remember where but makes you think.
LOL.i love this post! the moral at the end of the story seems to be mocking me--to think and analyze before making up my mind about a situation :)
Karuna,
Thanx for reading and your comment. I am glad my blog friends share equivalent interests.
sfo,
Yes friend, this post is actually an exigent to ones ego... Thanx for understanding it in the right spirit.
Just shows how human nature is. I think it was an ad for some cookie company! But whatever, we need this reminder everyday..
Anyway...I want MY cookie...yummy...
haha!! had somethin similar happen 2 me once!! damn embarassing!!
Sharing is caring :)
I like to keep an open mind really I do, but my imagination keeps getting in the way, sometimes I think I'm in the wrong profession.. Good story..:)
gautami tripathy,
Yes thats how we are
have your cookie...
mirage,
hope you learnt your lesson
Arianuz,
Thanx for reading... pass on the message
Misreflection,
Whatever profession you are - if you thin Positive the world will change for you.
Try it
alive_n_confused,
thanx
hi...thanx for posting on my block.....it ws encouraging...loved ur black and whites....black and whites are my favorites too....n if u see everything in life falls between black and whites...with shades of color in between :)
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