The boiled seeds

AN EMPEROR in the Far East was growing old & he knew it was time to choose his successor.. Instead of choosing one of his assistants or his children, he decided something different..

He called young people in the kingdom together one day.. He said, “It is time for me to step down & choose the next emperor.. I have decided to choose one of you”..

Those young people were shocked..!

But the emperor continued.. “I am going to give each one of you a seed today.. One very special seed.. I want you to plant the seed, water it & come back here after one year from today with what you have grown from this one seed.. I will then judge the plants that you bring, & the one I choose will be the next emperor..!”

One youth named Krish was there that day & he, like the others, received a seed.. He went home & excitedly told his mother the story.. She helped him get a pot & planting soil, & he planted the seed & watered it carefully..

Everyday he would water it & watch to see if it had grown.. After about three weeks, some of the other youths began to talk about their seeds & the plants that were beginning to grow..

Krish kept checking his seed, but nothing ever grew..

3 weeks, 4 weeks, 5 weeks went by.. Still nothing..
By now, others were talking about their plants but Ling didn't have a plant, & he felt like a failure.. Six months went by, still nothing in Ling’s pot.. He just knew he had killed his seed..

Everyone else had trees & tall plants, but he had nothing.. Krish didn’t say anything to his friends.. However, he just kept waiting for his seed to grow..

A year finally went by & all the youths of the kingdom brought their plants to the emperor for inspection.. Krish told his mother that he wasn’t going to take an empty pot..
But his mother insisted..
Krish felt sick to his stomach, but he knew his mother was right.. He took his empty pot to the palace.. When Krish arrived, he was amazed at the variety of plants grown by the other youths.. They were beautiful in all shapes & sizes.. Krish put his empty pot on the floor & many of the other laughed at him..

A few felt sorry for him & just said, “Hey nice try”..

When the emperor arrived, he surveyed the room & greeted the young people.. Krish just tried to hide at the back..

“What great plants, trees &  flowers you have grown,” said the emperor.. “Today, one of you will be appointed the next emperor..!” All of a sudden, the emperor spotted Krish at the back of the room with his empty pot.. He ordered his guards to bring him to the front..

Krish was terrified & scared.. He said to himself - “the emperor knows I’m a failure..! Maybe he will have me killed..!”

When Krish got to the front, the Emperor asked his name..

“My name is Krish,” he replied in a shaking voice..
All the youths were laughing & making fun of him.. The emperor asked everyone to quiet down.. He looked at Krish, & then announced to the crowd,
“Behold your new emperor..! His name is Krish..!”

Krish couldn’t believe it..
Krish couldn’t even grow his seed..
How could he be the new emperor..? The other youths kept murmuring..

Then the emperor said, “One year ago today, I gave everyone here a seed.. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it, & bring it back to me today..

But I gave you all boiled seeds, which would not grow.. All of you, except Krish, have brought me trees & plants & flowers.. When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted another seed for the one I gave you.. Krish was the only one with the courage & honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it.. Therefore, he is the one who will be the new emperor..!”

If you plant honesty, you will reap trust..

If you plant goodness, you will reap friends..

If you plant humility, you will reap greatness..

If you plant perseverance, you will reap victory..

If you plant consideration, you will reap harmony..

If you plant hardwork, you will reap success..

If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation..

If you plant openness, you will reap intimacy..

If you plant patience, you will reap improvements..

If you plant faith, you will reap miracles..

But..

If you plant dishonesty, you will reap distrust..

If you plant selfishness, you will reap loneliness..

If you plant pride, you will reap destruction..

If you plant envy, you will reap trouble..

If you plant laziness, you will reap stagnation..

If you plant bitterness, you will reap isolation..

If you plant greed, you will reap loss..

If you plant gossip, you will reap enemies..

If you plant worries, you will reap wrinkles..

If you plant sin, you will reap guilt..

So be careful what you plant now..

Remember - what you plant will determine what you will reap tomorrow, the seeds you now scatter, will make life worse or better, your life or the ones who will come after..
Yes, someday, you will enjoy the fruits, or you will pay for the choices you plant today..

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