The cookies story

This is a very interesting message about paradigm(accepted perspective)shift.

Imagine you're in London's Heathrow Airport. While you're waiting for
your flight, you notice a kiosk 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 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 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 suddenly you glance down into your
travelling bag. Sitting there, in your bag is your original box of
cookies.........still unopened.

Only then you do 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. Unless
and until, one realizes about the fact, no one will change his or her
view of thinking in spite of lot of external factors.

Every Point has THREE Sides; Your Side, My Side and The Right Side. To
understand either the Other's Side or the Right Side, one needs to
leave His Side.