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Posted 7/18/2009 12:00 (#779720)
Subject: The Seed


Little Egypt Southern Illinory

I'm sure this isn't a real life story , but the message is good to remember and to pass on .

The Seed
 
 A successful business man 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 you to 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, and 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 and excitedly, told his wife the story.
 She helped him get a pot, soil and 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 talk about
 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 and tall plants, but he had nothing. Jim
 didn't say anything to his colleagues, however. He just kept watering and
 fertilizing the soil - He so wanted the seed to grow.
 
 A year finally went by and all the 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 what
 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 room and greeted his young executives.
 Jim just tried to hide in the back. "My, what great plants, trees, and
 flowers you have grown," said the CEO. "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't even 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 me
 today. But I gave 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
 
 So, be careful what you plant now; it will determine what you will reap
 later..
 
 "Whatever You Give To Life, Life Gives You Back"

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