Now:
1. Two eight year olds are at a party. One says something to the other. They fight and yell and have to be separated and sent away.
2. Two seventeen year olds are at a party. One says something to the other. They have a fight and walk away.
3. Two thirty year olds are at a party. One says something to the other. The other is offended and says so. One apologises and says it was not meant and they carry on with the party as if everything is fine.
2 hours later:
1. The two eight year olds are busy playing a game of hide and seek together.
2. The two seventeen year olds are still furious and not on speaking terms.
3. The two thirty year olds are saying bye at the end of the party.
Next day:
1. The two eight year olds are running riot together in school.
2. The two seventeen year olds are planning which lecture to bunk so they may catch a movie.
3. The two thirty year olds smile to each other as they pass in the corridor and go on to their work desks.
10 years later:
1. Two eighteen year olds are planning which movie to catch.
2. One twenty-seven year old is the best man at the other's wedding.
3. Two forty year olds are hard pressed to remember where they had seen each other last.
And they ask me why is it so much easier to make friends when we are younger!!!
Very true :-)
ReplyDeleteFriends don't take offence- Scenario 3 is of 'acqauintances'. Funny you got it wrong!
ReplyDeletezen story - ( told by osho) two monks were travelling . they came to a river . there was a young girl standing there who could not cross the river alone and needed help. the older monk turned away and continued on his path. he turned around to see the younger monk carrying the girl on his arms. when they neared the monastry the older monk turned to the younger monk and said - dont you know we monks are not supposed to touch women ? then why? the younger monk replied - i left her on the bank of the river , are you still carrying her? hmmmm.
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