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 honor 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 neighbors'.
"How
can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors 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 neighbors 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 neighbors grow good corn."
The
farmer gave a superb insight into the connectedness of life. His corn
cannot improve unless his neighbor's corn also improves. So it is in the
other dimensions! Those who choose to be at harmony must help their
neighbors and colleagues to be at peace. Those who choose to live well
must help others to live well.
The value of a life is measured by the lives it touches.
Success does not happen in isolation. It is very often a participative and collective process.
So share the good practices, ideas, new learning's with your family, team members, neighbors'
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