ALWAYS GROW GOOD CORN
I once read this story shared by DTM Aziz Mustajab.
"A Nebraska farmer grew award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and discovered to his great surprise that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbours.
"How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbours 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 neighbours grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of the corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbours grow good corn."
He is very much aware of the connectedness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbour's corn also improves.
So it is in Toastmasters. Those who choose to be successful must help their fellow Toastmasters to succeed. Those who choose to grow and develop must help others to grow and develop. 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."
May we always help each other grow, develop and succeed in our quest for self-actualization. Here's wishing all of you a roaring year of the Tiger.
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