basem mohamed
26-02-2008, 05:24 PM
One night there was a woman at the airport who had to wait for several
hours before catching her next flight. While she waited she bought a
book and a pack of biscuits to spend the time. She looked for a place
to sit and waited.
She was deep into her book, when suddenly she realized that there was
a young man sitting next to her who was stretching his hand, with no
concern whatsoever, and grabbing the pack of cookies lying between
them. He started to eat them one by one.
Not wanting to make a fuss about it she decided to ignore him. The
woman, slightly bothered, ate the cookies and watched the clock, while
the young and shameless thief of biscuits was also finishing them. The
woman started to get really angry at this point and thought "If I
wasn't such a good and educated person, I would have given this
daring man a black eye by now."
Every time she ate a biscuit, he had one too. The dialogue between
their eyes continued and when only one biscuit was left, she wondered
what was he going to do. Softly and with a nervous smile, the young
man grabbed the last biscuit and broke it in two. He offered one half
to the woman while he ate the other half.
Briskly she took the biscuit and thought, "What an insolent man! How
uneducated! He didn't even thank me!" She had never met anybody so
fresh and sighed relieved to hear her flight announced. She grabbed
her bags and went towards the boarding gate refusing to look back to
where that insolent thief was seated.
After boarding the plane and nicely seated, she looked for her book
which was nearly finished by now. While looking into her bag she was
totally surprised to find her pack of biscuits nearly intact. "If my
biscuits are here", she thought feeling terribly, "those others were
his and he tried to share them with me." Too late to apologize to the
young man, she realized with pain, that it was her who had been
insolent, uneducated and a thief, and not him.
How many times in our lives, had we know with certainty that something
happened in a certain way, only to discover later that it wasn't true?
How many times has our lack of trust within us made us judge other
people unfairly with our conceited ideas, often far away from reality.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO THINK TWICE BEFORE WE JUDGE OTHERS
hours before catching her next flight. While she waited she bought a
book and a pack of biscuits to spend the time. She looked for a place
to sit and waited.
She was deep into her book, when suddenly she realized that there was
a young man sitting next to her who was stretching his hand, with no
concern whatsoever, and grabbing the pack of cookies lying between
them. He started to eat them one by one.
Not wanting to make a fuss about it she decided to ignore him. The
woman, slightly bothered, ate the cookies and watched the clock, while
the young and shameless thief of biscuits was also finishing them. The
woman started to get really angry at this point and thought "If I
wasn't such a good and educated person, I would have given this
daring man a black eye by now."
Every time she ate a biscuit, he had one too. The dialogue between
their eyes continued and when only one biscuit was left, she wondered
what was he going to do. Softly and with a nervous smile, the young
man grabbed the last biscuit and broke it in two. He offered one half
to the woman while he ate the other half.
Briskly she took the biscuit and thought, "What an insolent man! How
uneducated! He didn't even thank me!" She had never met anybody so
fresh and sighed relieved to hear her flight announced. She grabbed
her bags and went towards the boarding gate refusing to look back to
where that insolent thief was seated.
After boarding the plane and nicely seated, she looked for her book
which was nearly finished by now. While looking into her bag she was
totally surprised to find her pack of biscuits nearly intact. "If my
biscuits are here", she thought feeling terribly, "those others were
his and he tried to share them with me." Too late to apologize to the
young man, she realized with pain, that it was her who had been
insolent, uneducated and a thief, and not him.
How many times in our lives, had we know with certainty that something
happened in a certain way, only to discover later that it wasn't true?
How many times has our lack of trust within us made us judge other
people unfairly with our conceited ideas, often far away from reality.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO THINK TWICE BEFORE WE JUDGE OTHERS