THINK TWICE BEFORE JUDGING OTHERS
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
From India, Delhi
7One 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
From India, Delhi
Hey eafil, Gr8 story man! Thanks n especially I needed tat cos I’m very judgemental......Am gettin over it!!!!!!!!! Thanks1nce again! Brgds! Mithra
From United States, Santa Clara
From United States, Santa Clara
hi Eafil,
If it has really happened then it must have been really a bad feeling for the lady ,she might be guilty conscious,do you know her??? :lol: :lol:
but yes,rightly said,never be judgemental,never pass a judgement before you know the complete truth.
cheers,
Sonit Singh
From India, Hyderabad
If it has really happened then it must have been really a bad feeling for the lady ,she might be guilty conscious,do you know her??? :lol: :lol:
but yes,rightly said,never be judgemental,never pass a judgement before you know the complete truth.
cheers,
Sonit Singh
From India, Hyderabad
yaa i know the lady... she is at a senior position at an MNC. n she still feel bad abt what she did.. but we can laern a lesson regarding same.. with regards & wishes EAFIL
From India, Delhi
From India, Delhi
WOW this has actually happened :o i wldnt say i am judgemental.. but i have a question..is observing ppl equal to being judegemental or does observing depends on the intention? sunayna
From India, Mumbai
From India, Mumbai
Hi Eafil
Its really very true, we should think more than twice, judging others, as what we see, can deceive us, but what we perceive, can not mislead us....
This story that you have shared with us, has given me some lesson...
I appreciate you for having done a terrific job....!!!
Keep it up....:)
With Regards,
Khushi
From Pakistan
Its really very true, we should think more than twice, judging others, as what we see, can deceive us, but what we perceive, can not mislead us....
This story that you have shared with us, has given me some lesson...
I appreciate you for having done a terrific job....!!!
Keep it up....:)
With Regards,
Khushi
From Pakistan
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