Law of Life

Lilja · Post by **Lilja** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 3:42 pm

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!

Lilja

twirlitgirl · Post by **twirlitgirl** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 4:39 pm

that is so true and really nice of you to share that today Lilja. all the best

Chef · Post by **Chef** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 6:08 pm

If the seeds are GMO, you're not allowed to give them to your neighbours -- Monsanto will sue you. So much for wanting to be nice.

Lilja · Post by **Lilja** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 12:57 am

I thought it was a nice little story, describing so well what we are trying to do at this forum.

Lilja

Gabes-Apg · Post by **Gabes-Apg** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 1:06 am

Lilja
thanks for sharing

and yes it does link with the 'help each other' approach of this group - we all benefit from helping each other and sharing our experiences..

Chef · Post by **Chef** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 5:57 am

Lilja wrote:I thought it was a nice little story, describing so well what we are trying to do at this forum.

Lilja

It was a nice story. I was just making a joke about how once corporations get involved, the dynamics can be changed. I hope you did not take any offense to what I wrote.

Lilja · Post by **Lilja** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 8:53 am

Chef wrote:
Lilja wrote:I thought it was a nice little story, describing so well what we are trying to do at this forum.

Lilja
It was a nice story. I was just making a joke about how once corporations get involved, the dynamics can be changed. I hope you did not take any offense to what I wrote.

No, I'm not that easily offended. But, when you can't see a person's face, it's sometimes hard to know.

Lilja

Martha · Post by **Martha** » Sat Mar 05, 2016 11:41 am

Good story, Lilja, and a good application to our situation. Thanks for that reminder that we all help each other.