Once upon a time there was a farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon.
One year a newspaper sent a reporter to interview him and learned something fascinating about how he grew such award winning corn.
The farmer shared his prized seed corn with his neighbors.
“How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?” the reporter asked.
“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 grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn.”
So I ask once again, how is your corn?
And as importantly… How is your neighbor’s corn?
My seeds are not of corn. They are of positive energy.
The results are the same though.
Haven’t you noticed?
Don’t you find it’s much easier to feel good when things are going well?
It’s much easier for me to feel good when my neighbors, friends, clients, and loved one’s are feeling good.
If the vibration those around me are releasing out to the universe is all-positive, it’s far simpler for me to emit my own positive vibration.
So please, take these simple practices, my “seeds of positive energy” and share them with your neighbors.
And let’s grow something stronger than corn. Let’s grow community.
Today’s practice… Do something nice for your neighbor.
To Building Strong Communities,
Michael
