Success of a farmer

grew superior quality, award-winning corn in his farm. Each year, he
entered his corn in the state fair where it won honors and prizes.
One year a newspaper reporter interviewed himand learned something
interesting about how hegrew his corn. The reporter discovered that
the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbours.
"How can you afford to share your best seed cornwith your neighbours
when they are entering corn in the competition with yours each year?"
The reporter asked. "Whybother ? "
The farmer replied, "Didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen grains
from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my
neighbours grow inferior, sub-standard and poor quality corn,
cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I
have to grow good corn, I must help my neighbours to grow good corn
too."
The farmer gave a superbinsight into the connectedness of life. His
corn cannot improve unless his neighbours' corn also improves. So it
is in the other dimensions and areas of life!
Those who choose to be in harmony must help their neighbours and
colleagues to be at peace. Those who chooseto live well must help
others live well too. The value of a life is measured by the lives it
touches…
Success does not happen in isolation; it is most often a participatory
and collective process. So share the good practices, ideas and new
knowledge with your family, friends , team members and neighboursand
all. As they say: "Success breeds Success."
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Abdullah ibn Umar (radhiyallahu anhu) narrated that the Prophet (peace
be upon him) said: �The best friend in the Sight of Allah is he who is
the well-wisher of his companions, and the bestneighbour is one who
behaves best towards his neighbours.� ( Tirmidhi