2 teams took part in a competition. Each team had 10 members. Team A & B were put in different rooms.The members in each team were asked to sit facing each other with 2 baskets of tomatoes between them.Each member had an empty basket beside him and is supposed to fill it up with tomatoes using a pair of 1 foot long chopsticks from the basket not in front of him but from the one in front of his opposite team-mate.
One prize is given to the team that could collect the most tomatoes and 3 prizes to individuals that collected the most.
At the ring of the bell, sound of chopsticks fighting were heared from team A but there was silence from team B except sound of dropping of tomatoes in baskets.Guess, who won? Of course team B. Why?
Members in team A were fighting to fill up their own baskets whereas members in team B practise humanity and fill up the opposite team-mate basket and let the opposite team-mate fill up his own therefore their chopsticks did not cross each other and could win all the prizes among themselves.
What do we learn from this? In life’s journey to reach our goals and objectives, do not step down others. Sometimes helping and encouraging each other(with wisdom, of course) can bring wonders. A true winner is one who can win others gently and not by strength and authority.
The gentle water can even bring down mountains!
