Point of View

Superb story of perception
Point of View


Point of ViewImagine you're in London's Heathrow Airport.
While you're waiting foryourflight, you notice a kiosk selling shortbread cookies.
You buy a box,putthem in your traveling bag and then you patiently search for an available seat so you can sit down and enjoy your cookies.
Finally you find aseatnext to a gentleman.
You reach down into your travelling bag and pulloutyour 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 youpick upthe cookie and bring it to your mouth.
Just then he reaches over andtakesone of your cookies from the box, and eats it!
You're more than a littlesurprised at this. Actually, you're at a loss for words.
Not only doeshetake one cookie, but he alternates with you.
For every one cookie youtake, he takes one.Now, what's your immediate impression of this guy? Crazy? Greedy? He's gotsome nerve?!
Can you imagine the words you might use to describe this
manto your associates back at the office?
Meanwhile, you both continueeatingthe cookies until there's just one left.
To your surprise, the man\nreachesover and takes it. But then he does something unexpected. He breaksit inhalf,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 dumb founded 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 newbox 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'vejustexperienceda profound paradigm shift.
You're seeing things from a new point ofview.
Is it time to change your point of view?
Now, think of this story as it relates to your life .
Seeing thingsfrom anew 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.