Saturday, August 18, 2007

An interesting story read till the end


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.

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