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.
One year 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 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, for the value of a life is
measured by the lives it touches. And those who choose to be happy
must help others to find happiness for the welfare of each is bound up
with the welfare of all.
If we are to grow good quality corn, we must help our neighbours grow
good quality corn too....Make it a great week ahead!
