Fuel the Self

One of the best phrases I heard the other day from someone addressing Narcissism.

‘Visibility doesn't equal worth’

In an age where we are constantly fed the Latin saying of 'Let he who shouts the loudest be heard first' and me, myself and I and think about yourself first, I think there's a pertinent story about an award winning farmer and the key to success.

A newspaper reporter interviewed a farmer who grew Award-Winning Maize. He entered his maize in the Agricultural Show each year.

It was revealed that the farmer shared his seed with his neighbours.

Amazed, the reporter asked, _*“How can you afford to share your best seed with your neighbours when they are entering their maize into the competition with yours each year?”*_

The farmer smiled knowingly and explained, ​ *_“The wind picks up pollen from the ripening maize and swirls it from field to field.​ If my neighbours grow inferior maize, Cross-Pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my maize. If I am to grow good maize, I must help my neighbours grow a good crop."_*

So it 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.

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 remains, none of us truly wins, until we all win.

Just as the Prophet (ص) said, *_"You cannot be a true believer untill you like for your brother what you like for yourself."_*

Know this secret as you grow!

In life, when you help the people around you to be good, you surely become the better too.

Live in the shadows and be the grey man, the motto in life. :)