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Topic: A Profound Paradigm Shift
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Mirandee
Knowflake Posts: 1106
From: A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted June 29, 2006 10:57 AM
 
Just some food for thought sent to me in email by a friend.
Imagine you are at an Airport. While you're waiting for your flight, you notice a vendor selling cookies. You buy a box, put them 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 a seat next to a gentleman.
You reach down into your traveling bag and pull out your box of 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 also 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 vendor and buy another box of cookies. You then return to your seat and begin opening your new box of cookies when you glance down into your traveling 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'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? IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 23519
From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted June 29, 2006 12:38 PM
AWESOME!  ------------------
"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." Lewis Carroll IP: Logged |
pixelpixie
Moderator Posts: 4065
From: Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted June 29, 2006 12:57 PM
INDEED!!!!!IP: Logged |
Aen
Knowflake Posts: 658
From:
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted June 29, 2006 03:08 PM
Great!!IP: Logged |
fayte.m
Knowflake Posts: 4603
From: ~out looking for Schrodinger's cat~
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted June 29, 2006 06:36 PM
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~I intend to continue learning forever~"Fayte"
~I am still learning~ Michangelo
The Door to Gnosis is never permanently locked...one only needs the correct keys and passwords.
The pious man with closed eyes can often hold more ego than a proud man with open eyes.
Out of the mouth of babes commeth wisdom that can rival that of sages.
In the rough, or cut and polished..a diamond is still a precious gem.
-NEXUS- IP: Logged |
26taurus
Knowflake Posts: 10225
From: the stars
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted July 02, 2006 05:57 PM
Love it. Thanks for sharing, Mirandee.   IP: Logged |
ScotScorp
Knowflake Posts: 731
From: St. Louis, Missouri
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted July 03, 2006 05:50 PM
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MysticMelody
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Registered: Dec 2005
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posted July 03, 2006 08:45 PM
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SunChild
Moderator Posts: 3195
From: Australia
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted July 03, 2006 10:13 PM
Just what I needed to read this morning!!! (Merc is Retro in Leo today)Thanks for the timely lesson!!!  IP: Logged |
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