There once was a farmer who grew excellent corn. Every year
he took the prize for the best corn. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed
him and learned the farmer always shared his seed corn with his neighbors. “Why
would you share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they’re entering
corn in competition with yours each year?” the reporter asked.
The farmer answered, “The wind picks up pollen from the
corn tassels and tosses it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior
corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I want
to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn.” So is with our
lives: those who want to live well must help enrich the lives of others. The
value of a life is measured by the lives it touches. Those who wish to be happy
must help others find happiness.
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