A story worth reading

A young lady was waiting for her flight in the boarding room of a big airport. As she had a long wait, she decided to buy a book to spend her time. She also bought a packet of cookies.

She sat down in an armchair in the VIP room at the airport to rest and read in peace. Beside the armchair, where the packet of cookies lay, a man sat down in the next seat, opened his magazine and started to read.

When she took out the first cookie, the man took one also. She felt irritated, but thought nothing. She just thought "How rude!"

For each cookie she took the man took one too. This infuriated her, but she didn't want to make a scene. This continued until there was just one cookie left.

With only one cookie remaining the woman thought "What will this horrid man do now?'

Then, the man took the last cookie, divided it in half, giving half to to her and eating the other half himself.

Ahh, that was too much. She was furious now. In a huff, she grabbed her things and stormed off to the boarding area.

When she got on the plane and sat down in her seat, she looked into her purse to get her eyeglasses, and to her surprise, her packet of cookies was there, untouched, unopened!

She felt so ashamed.. She had forgotten that she had put her cookies in her purse.

The stranger had said nothing when she took his cookies, and shared them happily with her, without a word, while she become enraged inside, thinking he was so presumptuous in helping himself.

And now there was no chance to explain herself, or to apologize..

So.

There are four things you cannot recover:

1. The stone, after the throw.
2. The word, after it is spoken.
3. The occasion, after it is passed
4. The time, after it is gone
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