The Award Winning CORN 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 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, 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 neighbors grow good quality corn too.
Only way to grow in an Organization is - to grow along with others and not grow at the cost of others!
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the limits of the impossible.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Shake It Off And Take A Step Up
One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his neighbours to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well.
At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw.
With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing.
He would shake it off and take a step up.
As the farmer's neighbours continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.
Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
1. Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.
2. Free your mind from worries - Most never happen.
3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less
He invited all his neighbours to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well.
At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw.
With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing.
He would shake it off and take a step up.
As the farmer's neighbours continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.
Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
1. Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.
2. Free your mind from worries - Most never happen.
3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Statement of Faith
These are my thoughts about our origin and our destiny.
I believe in reason. By this I mean that everything that can be investigated by reason should be examined with our minds as far as possible. I care about what is true, and anybody who's concerned about the truth should desire knowledge through reason. I think that it is undesirable to believe that which is not true or what is not founded upon reason.
What I know are those facts which are irrefutable - i.e. absurd to doubt. What I believe is that which seems most likely from the facts. What I do not believe is that which I know is false or that which there is no rational reason to believe.
I believe in doubt; I have faith in doubt. It is only through doubt - not blindfolded belief - that freedom and knowledge are produced. It is only by first questioning what is that things can be differently - only by questioning the present political system freedom can be gained; and only by questioning the present knowledge new knowledge can be found. If there is an answer a question can be raised, but only if a question is raised the answer can be found.
I believe that everything in this world is natural. To say that something is supernatural is a contradiction in terms. There may exist things that we yet do not know about, or which are unknowable, but they would all be natural, albeit paranormal.
I believe that this universe was created in a "Big Bang" about 10-25 billion years ago. What caused the Big Bang I do not know.
I believe that man is the product of an evolutionary process which started instantly at the Big Bang when energy spontaneously started to aggregate into objects such as atoms and molecules. I believe that this evolution caused the spontaneous generation of life on the planet Earth about 3-5 billion years ago and that this was the onset of biological evolution. I believe that man is the product of this evolutionary process.
I believe that there is life on other planets. I cannot see why the same process that caused life on this planet would not cause life in other places in our vast Universe. However, I do not believe that intelligent extra terrestial life has ever set its foot on planet Earth.
I believe in life before death. This is the only life I know anything about. I do not believe in life after death because it seems very unlikely that my mind will continue to exist when my brain dies.
I believe in man. Whether we like it or not, we are responsible for the destiny of this world. We can treat it wisely, or unwisely and my hopes is that we will do the best of our reasonable abilities. I do not know if this will happen, but it is all we can hope for. No one will save us except ourselves - together.
I believe in love. Love to guide reason; love to act in the best interest not only of oneself but also in the interest of others. Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself is a guiding rule of highest nobility and importance.
I think that everybody should have the right to the maximum amount of freedom which is compatible with the same freedom for everybody else. I believe that everyone is entitled to say, do or believe anything they want as long as it does not prevent others from doing the same. I think I should have the right to question and argue against the beliefs of other people and I think you should have an equal right to argue against my beliefs.
I believe in reason. By this I mean that everything that can be investigated by reason should be examined with our minds as far as possible. I care about what is true, and anybody who's concerned about the truth should desire knowledge through reason. I think that it is undesirable to believe that which is not true or what is not founded upon reason.
What I know are those facts which are irrefutable - i.e. absurd to doubt. What I believe is that which seems most likely from the facts. What I do not believe is that which I know is false or that which there is no rational reason to believe.
I believe in doubt; I have faith in doubt. It is only through doubt - not blindfolded belief - that freedom and knowledge are produced. It is only by first questioning what is that things can be differently - only by questioning the present political system freedom can be gained; and only by questioning the present knowledge new knowledge can be found. If there is an answer a question can be raised, but only if a question is raised the answer can be found.
I believe that everything in this world is natural. To say that something is supernatural is a contradiction in terms. There may exist things that we yet do not know about, or which are unknowable, but they would all be natural, albeit paranormal.
I believe that this universe was created in a "Big Bang" about 10-25 billion years ago. What caused the Big Bang I do not know.
I believe that man is the product of an evolutionary process which started instantly at the Big Bang when energy spontaneously started to aggregate into objects such as atoms and molecules. I believe that this evolution caused the spontaneous generation of life on the planet Earth about 3-5 billion years ago and that this was the onset of biological evolution. I believe that man is the product of this evolutionary process.
I believe that there is life on other planets. I cannot see why the same process that caused life on this planet would not cause life in other places in our vast Universe. However, I do not believe that intelligent extra terrestial life has ever set its foot on planet Earth.
I believe in life before death. This is the only life I know anything about. I do not believe in life after death because it seems very unlikely that my mind will continue to exist when my brain dies.
I believe in man. Whether we like it or not, we are responsible for the destiny of this world. We can treat it wisely, or unwisely and my hopes is that we will do the best of our reasonable abilities. I do not know if this will happen, but it is all we can hope for. No one will save us except ourselves - together.
I believe in love. Love to guide reason; love to act in the best interest not only of oneself but also in the interest of others. Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself is a guiding rule of highest nobility and importance.
I think that everybody should have the right to the maximum amount of freedom which is compatible with the same freedom for everybody else. I believe that everyone is entitled to say, do or believe anything they want as long as it does not prevent others from doing the same. I think I should have the right to question and argue against the beliefs of other people and I think you should have an equal right to argue against my beliefs.
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