Saturday, 10 October 2015

Uneven Nine-Patch


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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