Why do you share

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> A reporter once asked a farmer to divulge the secret behind his corn,which

>

> won the state fair contest year after year. The farmer confessed it was

> all

> because he shared his seed with his neighbors.

>

> "Why do you share your best seed corn with your neighbors when you're

> entering the same contest each year as well?" asked the reporter.

> "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 neighbors

> grew inferior corn, cross-pollination would steadily degrade the quality

> of

> my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbor do the same."

> And so it is with other situations in our lives. Those who want to be

> successful must help their neighbors, friends, relatives to be

> successful.

>

> Those who choose to live well must help others live well, for the value

> of a life is measured by the lives it touches. And those who choose to be

> happy must help others find happiness, for the welfare of each is bound up

>

> with the welfare of all.

>

> This story exemplifies "altruism."

>

> Altruism: Action that benefits another person, including comforting,

> helping, sharing, rescuing and cooperating. Acts of concern for other

> people - without any hope of reward.

>

>

>

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