I've kept all of these over the years and I've finally decided to share some of these from time to time. The first one is a story that I love because it shows how we sometimes are quick to judge and place blame on others instead of first learning the truth and looking within.
I hope you enjoy!
THE COOKIE THIEF
by
Valerie Cox
A woman was waiting at an airport one night;
with several long hours before her flight.
She hunted for a book in the airport shop;
bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop.
She was engrossed in her book, but happened to see
that a man beside her, as bold as can be,
grabbed a cookie, or two, from the bag between
which she tried to ignore to avoid a big scene.
She munched on her cookies and watched the clock
as the gutsy cookie thief diminished her stock.
She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by thinking:
"if I wasn't so nice I'd blackened his eye!"
With each cookie she took, he took one too,
when only one was left, she wondered what he'd do.
With a smile on his face and a nervous laugh,
he took the last cookie and broker in in half,
He offered her half as he ate the other,
she snatched it from him and thought,
"Oh brother, this guy has some nerve, and he's also rude,
why he didn't even show any gratitude!"
She had never known when she'd been so gulled,
and sighed with relief when her flight was called.
She gathered her belongings and headed to the gate,
refusing to look back at that thieving ingrate.
She boarded the plane and sunk in her seat
then sought for her book, which was almost complete.
As she reached in her bag, she gasped with surprise;
there was her bag of cookies, in front of her eyes!
If mine are here? She moaned in despair,
then the others were his and he tried to share.
Too late to apologize she realized with grief
that SHE was the rude one, the ingrate, the thief.
