Post by ALLISA on Jun 22, 2007 19:53:13 GMT -5
A young lady was waiting for her flight in the boarding room of an big airport. As she would need to wait many hours, she decided to buy a book to spend her time. She also bought a package of cookies.
She sat down in an armchair in the VIP room of the airport to rest and read in peace. Beside the armchair where the packet of cookies lay, a man sat down in the next seat, opened his magazine and started reading.
When she took out the first cookie, the man took one also. She felt irritated but said nothing. She just thought, "What a nerve! If I was in the mood, I would punch him for daring!"
For each cookie she took, the man took one also. This was infuriating her, but she didn't want to cause a scene. When only one cookie remained, she thought: "ah...What will this abusive man do now?" Then, the man, taking the last cookie, divided it into half, giving her one half.
That was too much! She was furious now. In a huff, she took her book, her things, and stormed off to the boarding place for her flight.
When she sat down in her seat inside the plane, she looked into her purse for her eyeglasses and, to her surprise, her package of cookies was there, untouched. She felt so ashamed! She realized she that she was wrong...She had forgotten that her cookies were kept in her purse.
The man had divided his cookies with her, without feeling angered or bitter... while she had been very angry, thinking that she was dividing her cookies with him. And now, there was no way to explain herself...nor to apologize.
There are four things you cannot recover -
The stone...after the throw.
The word...after it's said.
The occasion...after the loss.
The time...after it's gone.
She sat down in an armchair in the VIP room of the airport to rest and read in peace. Beside the armchair where the packet of cookies lay, a man sat down in the next seat, opened his magazine and started reading.
When she took out the first cookie, the man took one also. She felt irritated but said nothing. She just thought, "What a nerve! If I was in the mood, I would punch him for daring!"
For each cookie she took, the man took one also. This was infuriating her, but she didn't want to cause a scene. When only one cookie remained, she thought: "ah...What will this abusive man do now?" Then, the man, taking the last cookie, divided it into half, giving her one half.
That was too much! She was furious now. In a huff, she took her book, her things, and stormed off to the boarding place for her flight.
When she sat down in her seat inside the plane, she looked into her purse for her eyeglasses and, to her surprise, her package of cookies was there, untouched. She felt so ashamed! She realized she that she was wrong...She had forgotten that her cookies were kept in her purse.
The man had divided his cookies with her, without feeling angered or bitter... while she had been very angry, thinking that she was dividing her cookies with him. And now, there was no way to explain herself...nor to apologize.
There are four things you cannot recover -
The stone...after the throw.
The word...after it's said.
The occasion...after the loss.
The time...after it's gone.