Monday, February 15, 2016

Until We All Win


There was a farmer who grew excellent quality corn. Every year he won the award for the best grown corn. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned 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 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.”

So is with our lives... Those who want to live meaningfully and well must help enrich the lives of others, for the value of a life is measured by the lives it touches. And those who choose to be happy must help others find happiness, for the welfare of each is bound up with the welfare of all...
-Call it power of collectivity...
-Call it a principle of success...
-Call it a law of life.
The fact is, none of us truly wins, until we all win!!

1 comment:

Road Warrior said...

Anybody else realize the significance of this?Face it,we are all dependent on each other for scores,not just military,but accounts as well...Why not share your successful habits with every driver you talk to???Simply put,your good habit can,when shared,help another driver get good scores. That equals higher scores for the fleet...LESS DISCOUNTS!So,by talking to,or sharing your steps in creating a good move,you will be helping yourself make more MONEY....I remember,the old guys,mentoring the newer guys,with advice,why have times changed where everyone is only concerned with themselves?Come on guys,dig out the grills,have a party and help shape the future.