Weekly Inspirational/Improvement Reading No. 41: The Great Cookie Thief A woman was waiting at an airport one night, with several long hours before her flight. She hunted for a book in the airport shops, bought a bag of cookies and found a place to sit. She was engrossed in her book but happened to see, that the man sitting beside her, as bold as could be. . .grabbed a cookie or two from the bag in between, which she tried to ignore to avoid a scene. So she munched the cookies and watched the clock, as the gutsy cookie thief diminished her stock. She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by, thinking, “If I wasn’t so nice, I would blacken his eye.” With each cookie she took, he took one too, when only one was left, she wondered what he would do. With a smile on his face, and a nervous laugh, he took the last cookie and broke it in half. He offered her half, as he ate the other, she snatched it from him and thought… oooh, brother. This guy has some nerve and he’s also rude, why he didn’t even show any gratitude! She had never known when she had been so galled, and sighed with relief when her flight was called. She gathered her belongings and headed to the gate, refusing to look back at the thieving ingrate. She boarded the plane, and sank in her seat, then she sought her book, which was almost complete. As she reached in her baggage, she gasped with surprise, there was her bag of cookies, in front of her eyes. If mine are here, she moaned in despair, the others were his, and he tried to share. Too late to apologize, she realized with grief, that she was the rude one, the ingrate, the thief. Moral of Story: Its easier to point fingers at others when things go wrong but when we drill down to the root cause.....we could have started the problem in the first place. Take stock of the situation. Remain humble & focused on whats ahead. Seorang wanita sedang menunggu di lapangan terbang satu malam beberapa jam lamanya sebelum penerbangannya. Dia mencari sebuah buku di kedai di lapangan terbang, membeli sebungkus biskut dan jumpa tempat untuk dia duduk. Dia asyik dengan bukunya tetapi terlihat sesuatu.......seorang lelaki yang duduk bersebelahan dengannya, sangat berani....... meraih sekeping dua biskut daripada beg di antara mereka, dia cuba untuk tidak mengendahkan untuk mengelakkan adegan. Jadi dia mengunyah biskut dan melihat jam, sambil pencuri biskut itu menghabiskan makanannya. Dia semakin jengkel setiap minit berlalu, berfikir, Jika saya tidak begitu baik, lebam matanya. Dengan setiap biskut yang dia ambil, lelaki itu mengambil satu juga, apabila hanya satu yang tinggal, dia tertanya-tanya apa yang lelaki itu akan lakukan. Dengan senyuman di mukanya, dan sedikit ketawa, lelaki itu mengambil biskut yang terakhir dan mematahkan ia kepada separuh. Lelaki itu menawarkan separuh kepadanya, dan sewaktu lelaki itu hendak makan , dia merampas darinya dan menganggap... oooh, lelaki ini. Lelaki ini sangat berani dan dia juga kurang ajar, mengapa dia tidak menunjukkan apa-apa penghargaan! Dia tidak pernah tahu sejak bila dia rasa begitu menyampah, dan mengeluh dengan lega apabila penerbangannya dipanggil. Dia berkumpul barang-barangnya dan menuju ke pintu, enggan melihat kembali pencuri yang tidak bersyukur itu. Dia menaiki pesawat, dan duduk di tempatnya. Kemudian dia mencari bukunya. Sewaktu dia mencapai dalam bagasinya, dia terkejut, terdapat beg biskut, di depan matanya. Jika biskuit saya berada di sini, dia mengeluh, yang tadi lelaki itu punya, dan dia cuba untuk berkongsi. Terlambat untuk memohon maaf, dia sedar dan malu, kerana dia adalah salah seorang yang biadap, tidak mengenang budi, pencuri. Pengajarannya : Ianya mudah untuk menuding jari pada orang lain apabila berlaku sesuatu kesilapan tetapi apabila kita mencari puncanya..... kita mungkin orang yang memulakan masalah itu. Fikir dahulu sebelum melakukan sesuatu. Kekal merendah diri & berikan tumpuan pada apa yang akan datang.
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 01:00:51 +0000
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