A young lady was waiting for her flight in the boarding room of a big airport. As she had to wait for hours, she decided to buy a book to spend her time in a relaxing manner. She also bought a packet of cookies.
She sat down on an armchair and starting to read in peace. Beside her chair, where she let the packet of cookies, a man sat down, opened his magazine and started reading. When she ate the first biscuit, the man also took a cookie. She felt angry, but didn’t say a word.
She just thought: “What a nerve! If I was in the mood I would punch his eye, so that he doesn’t forget his daring!” To each cookie she ate, the man took another one. That was letting her fume up with rage, but she tried to control her anger. When the packet was almost empty, she thought: “Ah… will he also take the last biscuit?” Then, the man devided the last cookie through the middle, giving her the other half.
She was infuriated at his gesture, but didn’t say a word. After that she caught her book heading to the boarding place. When she sat down on her seat, in the plane, she looked into her purse aftet her eyeglasses. And surprise! She saw her packet of cookies untouched! She felt so ashamed! She realized that she was the wrong one, not that man. She had forgotten that her cookies were kept into her purse.
That man was the one who devided his food with her until the last biscuit. Without being infuriated, nervous or mad…while she was very mad thinking that he was dividing her cookies. And there wasn’t time to explain herself, to say I’m sorry!
The moral from this story is that there are four things that you can’t recover
- The stone after shot;
- The word after is pronounced;
- The occasion after you lost it;
- And the time after is gone.
How many times we ate from someone else’s food? Before we rush to judge other, it would be much better to watch around, especially in our soules. Give each time you can offer, witout expecting anything in return, not even a thank you. Share what you have with everybody who needs.
How much to give? As much as you can. Always more than you got.
