The Corn Story
(Sent by Sanjay Kalia)
There was a farmer who grew superior quality and award-winning CORN. Each year he entered his CORN in the state fair where it won honour and prizes.
Once a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learnt something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbours'.
'How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbours when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?' the reporter asked.
'Why sir, 'said the farmer, 'didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbours grow inferior, sub-standard and poor quality corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbours grow good corn.'
The farmer gave a superb insight into the connectedness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbour's corn also improves. So it is in the other dimensions! Those who choose to be at harmony must help their neighbours and colleagues to be at peace. Those who choose to live well must help others to live well.
Success does not happen in isolation. It is very often a participative and collective process.
If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples, then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas
- G.B Shaw
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A New Pair of Glasses Chuck C
.............. If its good enough for Him its good enough for me.
...............And so I have lived from then until now in total expectance of His
guidance and direction. I changed Step Eleven a little bit for me. The
way I use it,now I get out of bed in the morning and i
say, "Look ,Dad, I'm reporting for duty.Now I'm going to move it
around, I'm going to do the best I can with what I've got and all I want
from you is a little guidance and direction and the power to carry it
out. Sure thank you." .........................................
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