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It was the dead of night in December. All members of my family had retired to their beds. I alone was busy in my studies, as I had bought a new book on strange mysteries of the universe. I was so absorbed in reading this book that I became almost oblivious of my surroundings. I was feeling one with the characters of the book facing one challenge after another and coming out unscathed. I had desired to finish the major portion of the book in one night.
All of a sudden at about 2 o'clock there was a knock on the outer gate of the house as the door bell had been switched off. For a moment, I felt as if some character from the book had come alive to seek an adventure with me. There were repeated knocks at the gate. I had to suspend my studies and went to open the gate. No sooner did I see the face of the man in the light of the gate lights than I was amazed to learn that the man was none other than a friend of my son. He was Amit whom I had known to be quite intelligent, hard-working and religious-minded. To my shock, Amit was, in a drunken state as his gait was unsteady. Amit had been a promising boy, very good at studies. He had received a big shock of his life when his father married another woman, leaving his first devoted wife in utter distress.
I hesitatingly asked Amit what brought him there to my house at that odd hour. He told me that he was deeply disturbed and did not know where to go. As I expressed sympathy with him, he wanted me to let him give shelter for the night. I thought that he would feel consoled if I showed him hospitality. I opened the gate and gave him fruits and snacks to eat. Soon he fell asleep.
The morning showed him in good spirits and health. But a shock was not late to come to me when I realised that this gentleman, whom I thought to be a victim of circumstances, had actually become a drug addict. He had become shame-faced in seeking favours. Last night I was very friendly, compassionate and helpful to him. But now when he asked money for meeting his daily doze of drug and drink, I lost all love and concern for him. I told him to go away as there was no pity left in me.
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There was once an Emperor who had no children and needed to choose a successor.
Thousands of children from across the kingdom came to the palace and were surprised when the Emperor exclaimed that he was going to choose one of them. He gave them all a seed. They were to go home to their villages, plant the seed in a pot and tend it for a year. When they return in a year, the Emperor would judge their efforts and choose his successor.
There was a boy named Ling who received his seed and returned to his village.
His mother helped him to choose a pot and put some soil into it.
Ling watered his pot every day.
Once a week, the children of the village would get together to compare their plants. After a few weeks, there were signs of life in all but Ling’s pot.
The weeks passed and Ling continued to water his pot every day.
After a few months, the pots really came to life. Some had trees starting to grow, some had flowers and some had leafy shrubs. Poor old Ling still had nothing growing in his pot, leading the other children to make fun of him.
Ling continued to water his pot every day.
A year passed and it was time to return to the palace to show what had grown and decide on the new heir.
Ling was anxious as his pot still showed no signs of life. “What if they punish me? They won’t know that I’ve watered it every day, they’ll think that I’m lazy.”
His mother looked him in the eye and explained that whatever the consequences were, he had to return and show the Emperor his barren pot.
Ling and the other children entered the palace gates. By now, some of the plants were looking magnificent and the children were wondering which one the Emperor would choose.
Ling was embarrassed as other children looked at his lifeless pot and scoffed.
The Emperor came out and started to make his way through the crowd, looking at the many impressive trees, shrubs and flowers that were on display. The boys all puffed their chests out and tried to look as regal as possible, hoping that they would be chosen as the heir to the empire.
Then the Emperor came to Ling. He looked at the pot then he looked at Ling.
“What happened here?” He asked.
“I watered the pot every day, but nothing ever grew.” Ling muttered nervously.
Then he moved on.
After a few hours, the Emperor finally finished his assessment looking at wonderful grown plants.
He stood in front of the children and congratulated them on their efforts.
“Clearly, some of you desperately want to be Emperor and would do anything to make that happen, but there is one boy that I would like to point out as he has come to me with nothing. Ling, come here please.”
“Oh no,” thought Ling. He slowly sauntered to the front of the group, holding his barren pot.
The Emperor held up the pot for all to see and the other children laughed. Then the Emperor continued, “A year ago, I gave you all a seed. I told you to go away, plant the seed and return with your plant. The seeds that I gave you all were boiled until they were no longer viable and wouldn’t grow, but I see before me thousands of plants and only one barren pot. Integrity and courage are more important values for leadership than proud displays, so Ling here will be my heir.”
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