A SPED ARROW,DEATH AND A SPOKEN WORD: By Orok Duke. A lady was waiting for her flight at the airport. Since she would need to wait many hours, she decided to buy a book and a packet of cookies to spend her time. She sat down in an armchair, in the VIP room of the airport, to rest and read in peace. Beside the armchair where the packet of cookies lay, a man was seated in the next seat, he opened his magazine and started reading. When she took out the first cookie, the man took one also. She felt irritated but said nothing. She just thought: “What a nerve? If I was in the mood I would punch him for daring!” For each cookie she took, the man took one too. This was annoying her, but she didn’t want to cause a scene. When only one cookie remained, she thought: “ah… What would this abusive man do now?” Then, the man, taking the last cookie, divided it into two and gave her one half. Ah! That was too much! She livid now! So she took her things and stormed out of there. When she sat down in her seat, inside the plane, she looked into her purse to take her eyeglasses, and to her surprise, her packet of cookies was there untouched and unopened. She felt so ashamed! She realised that she was wrong. She had forgotten that her cookies were kept in her purse. The man had divided his cookies with her, without feeling angered or bitter. “While she had been very angry, thinking that she was dividing her cookies with him. And now there was no chance to explain herself, nor to apologize. There are some things that you cannot recover: A sped arrow: Death; A spoken word; The stone after it has been thrown; The occasion after the loss; The time after it’s gone. The choice is yours and it is now! That is how the cookies crumble.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 08:20:55 +0000
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