The highest-quality corn was grown by a farmer. It was named the best maize each year. He was questioned by a newspaper reporter one year about how he had increased production and gained some interesting knowledge. Farmer: My neighbors got to share my seed corn. The Reporter: When your neighbors enter corn every year in competition with you, how can you share your best seed corn with them?
The farmer: Why, sir? “Do you not know that the wind moves pollen from ripening corn from one field to another?” Cross-pollination will constantly lower my corn’s quality if my neighbors grow inferior corn. I must assist my neighbors in growing good corn if I want to grow good corn.
The life philosophy is as follows:
“And do good deeds so that you may have prosperity as a blessing.”
It’s the same with our lives: people who want to live meaningfully and well should contribute to the enrichment of others’ lives because the lives they touch are what matter most. Additionally, since everyone’s well-being is linked to everyone else’s, those who choose to be happy must assist others in finding happiness.