a young lady was waiting for a flight in the boarding room of a big airport. as she would need to wait many hrs, she decided to buy a book & a pack of cookies. she sat down in the armchair to read & to rest. beside the armchair where the pack of cookies lay, a man sat down in the next armchair, open his mag & start reading. when she took out the first cookie, the man also took one. she felt irraiting but said notink. she just tot “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 infuriating her but she didn’t want to cause a scene. when only one cookie remained, she tot, ahh.. what this abusive man do now? den, the man, takin the last cookie, divided it into half, giving her one half. ah! that was too much! she was much too angry now ! in a huff, she took her book, her things and stormed to the boarding place. when she sat down in her seat, inside the plane, she looked into her purses to take her glasses and to her surprise, her pack of cookies was there, untouched, unopened ! she felt so ashamed ! she realised she was wrong, she forgotten that her cookies were kept in her purse. and the man had divided his cookies with her without feeling angered or bitter.. while she had been very angry tinking that she was dividing her cookies with him. and now there was no chance to explain herself.. nor to apologise.

four things that you cannot recover:

– the stone.. after the throw

– the word.. after its said

– the occasion..after the loss

– the time..after its gone

extract from an email.