Cookies

[ShouldaKnownBetter]

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 pullout 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 healternates 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?

Now, think of this story as it relates to your life. Seeing things from a
new point of view can be very enlightening .Think outside the box. Don't
settle for the status quo. Be open to suggestions. Things may not be what
they seem.