HONESTY COUNTS
There was a farmer who sold a pound of butter to the baker. One day the baker decided to weigh the butter to see if he was getting a pound and he found that he was not. This angered him and he took the farmer to court.
The judge asked the farmer if he was using any measure. The farmer replied, ur Honor, I am primitive. I don't have a proper measure, but I do have a scale. The judge asked, Then how do you weigh the butter The farmer replied Your Honor, long before the baker started buying butter from me, I have been buying a pound loaf of bread from him. Every day when the baker brings the bread, I put it on the scale and give him the same weight in butter. If anyone is to be blamed, it is the baker.
What is the moral of the story? We get back in life what we give to others.
Whenever you take an action, ask yourself this question - Am I giving fair value for the wages or money I hope to make ?
Honesty and dishonesty become a habit. Some people practice dishonesty and can lie with a straight face. Others lie so much that they don't even know what the truth is anymore. But who are they deceiving ? Themselves -- more than anyone else.
Honesty can be put across gently. Some people take pride in being brutally honest. It seems they are getting a bigger kick out of the brutality than the honesty. Choice of words and tact are important.
From India, Coimbatore
733There was a farmer who sold a pound of butter to the baker. One day the baker decided to weigh the butter to see if he was getting a pound and he found that he was not. This angered him and he took the farmer to court.
The judge asked the farmer if he was using any measure. The farmer replied, ur Honor, I am primitive. I don't have a proper measure, but I do have a scale. The judge asked, Then how do you weigh the butter The farmer replied Your Honor, long before the baker started buying butter from me, I have been buying a pound loaf of bread from him. Every day when the baker brings the bread, I put it on the scale and give him the same weight in butter. If anyone is to be blamed, it is the baker.
What is the moral of the story? We get back in life what we give to others.
Whenever you take an action, ask yourself this question - Am I giving fair value for the wages or money I hope to make ?
Honesty and dishonesty become a habit. Some people practice dishonesty and can lie with a straight face. Others lie so much that they don't even know what the truth is anymore. But who are they deceiving ? Themselves -- more than anyone else.
Honesty can be put across gently. Some people take pride in being brutally honest. It seems they are getting a bigger kick out of the brutality than the honesty. Choice of words and tact are important.
From India, Coimbatore
This story leaves a simple but great moral. It is sad but unfortunately true that only few of us apply and learn from such stories.
No doubt, stories from Panchatantra and other such literature are famous for centuries now.
At this point I remember a dialogue from film "Bawarchi"
"It is so simple to be happy but it is so difficult to be simple. "
Regards,
Surbhi
From India, Pune
No doubt, stories from Panchatantra and other such literature are famous for centuries now.
At this point I remember a dialogue from film "Bawarchi"
"It is so simple to be happy but it is so difficult to be simple. "
Regards,
Surbhi
From India, Pune
Dears,
This is excellent,So far all presentations you have given are foud excellent.Hope you will keep giving like beautiful presentations
Kind Regards
Chander Shekhar
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From India, Faridabad
This is excellent,So far all presentations you have given are foud excellent.Hope you will keep giving like beautiful presentations
Kind Regards
Chander Shekhar
9872877752
From India, Faridabad
Dear Mr Peer Mohammed,
Honesty is a personal trait, it has to be personal policy, a guiding philosophy, and I do agree that in the long run it is this personal trait that will take you places. One could gain a bit in the short run, but how far one can reach it is a very debateable issue.
Thanks..........Loveindra
Honesty is a personal trait, it has to be personal policy, a guiding philosophy, and I do agree that in the long run it is this personal trait that will take you places. One could gain a bit in the short run, but how far one can reach it is a very debateable issue.
Thanks..........Loveindra
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