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Wednesday, April 26. 2006
Seeing Things From A New Point Of View
A friend forwarded this nice story ... read on..
Imagine you are at the Airport..
While you're waiting for your flight, you notice a shop selling
shortbread cookies. You buy a box, put them in your travelling 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 travelling bag and pull out your box of shortbread 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 asyou pick up the cookie and bring it to your mouth. Just then he reachesover and takes one of your cookies from the box, and eats it! You're morethan a little surprised at this. Actually, you're at a
loss for words. Not only does he take one cookie, but 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 shop 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 travelling 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.
Have a great day. 
Me...
