"What Life Has Thought Me"
A successful businessman was growing old and knew it was time to
choose a successor to take over the
business.
Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his children,he decided
to do something different. He called all the young executives in his company together.
He said, “It is time for me to step down and choose the next CEO. I have decided to choose one of you.”
The young executives were shocked, but the boss continued.
“I am going to give each one of you a
SEED today
– one very special SEED. I want youto
plant the seed, water it,and come back here one year from today with what you have grown from the seed I
have given you. I will then judge the
plants that you bring, α̲̅πϑ the one I choose will be the next. CEO.”
One man, named Jim,was there that day and he, like the others, received a
seed. He went home α̲̅πϑ excitedly,
told his wife the story.She helped him
get a pot, soil α̲̅πϑ compost and he planted the seed.Everyday, he would
water it and watch to see if it had grown.
After about three weeks, some of the other executives began to talkabout their seeds and the plants that were
beginning to grow.
Jim kept checking his seed, but nothing ever grew. Three weeks, four
weeks, five weeks went by, still
nothing. By now, others were talking
about their plants, but Jim didn’t have
a plant and he felt like a failure.
Six months went by
—still nothing in Jim’s pot. He just knew he had killed his seed. Everyone else had trees α̲̅πϑ tall plants, but he had nothing. Jim didn’t say anything to his colleagues, however…
He just kept watering α̲̅πϑ fertilizing the soil
– He so wanted the seed to grow.A year finally went by and allthe
young executives of the company brought their plants to the CEO for
inspection. Jim told his wife that he
wasn’t going to take an empty pot.
But she asked him to be honest about
ωнαт happened. Jim felt sick to
his stomach, it was going to be the most embarrassing moment of his life, but he knew his wife was right. He took his empty pot to the board room. When Jim arrived,he was amazed at the variety of plants grown by the other executives.
They were beautiful
— in all shapes and sizes.Jim put his empty pot on the floor and many of his colleagues laughed, a few felt sorry for him! When the CEO arrived, he surveyed the roomand greeted his
young executives.
Jim just tried to hide in the back. “My,
what great plants, trees,and flowers you have grown,” said theCEO.
“Today one of you will be appointed
the next CEO!”
All of a sudden, the CEO spotted Jim
at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered the Financial
Director to bring him to
the front.Jim was terrified. He thought, “The CEO knows I’m a failure!Maybe he will have me fired!”
When Jim got to the front, the CEO
asked him what had happened to his
seed
– Jim told him the story.
The CEO asked everyone to sit down
except Jim. He looked at Jim, and then
announced to the young executives,
“Behold your next Chief Executive Officer! His name is Jim!”
Jim couldn’t believe it. Jim couldn’teven grow his seed.
“How could he be the new CEO?” the
others said. Then the CEO said, “One
year ago today, I gave everyone in
this room a seed. I told you to take
the seed, plant it, water it, and bring it
back to M̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥ today. But Igave you all
boiled seeds; they were dead – it was
not possible for them to grow. All of
you, except Jim, have brought me
trees and plants and flowers. When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted another seed for the one I gave you. Jim was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it.
Therefore, he is the one who will be the new Chief
Executive Officer!”
* If you plant honesty,you will reap
trust.
* If you plant goodness,you will reap
friends.
* If you plant humility,you will reap
greatness.
* If you plant perseverance, you will
reap contentment.
* If you plant consideration, you will
reap perspective.
* If you plant hard work,you will reap
success.
* If you plant forgiveness, you will
reap reconciliation.
* If you plant faith in God , you will
reap a harvest.
So, be careful what you plant now; it
will determine what you will reap
later..
“Whatever You Give To Life, Life Gives!!
Good morning pals!