100 Moral Stories 39
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 hard work, 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, It 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.
GENEROSITY
Mahatma Gandhi went from city to city, village to village collecting funds for
the Charkha Sangh. During one of his tours he addressed a meeting in Orissa.
After his speech a poor old woman got up. She was bent with age, her hair
was grey and her clothes were in tatters. The volunteers tried to stop her,
but she fought her way to the place where Gandhi Ji was sitting.
“I must see him,” she insisted and going up to Gandhi Ji touched his feet.
Then from the folds of her sari she brought out a copper coin and placed it at his feet. Gandhi Ji
picked up the copper coin and put it away carefully. The Charkha Sangh funds were under the
charge of Jamnalal Bajaj. He asked Gandhi Ji for the coin but Gandhi Ji refused.
“I keep cheques worth thousands of rupees for the Charkha Sangh,” Jamnalal Bajaj said laughingly
“yet you won’t trust me with a copper coin.” “This copper coin is worth much more than those
thousands” Gandhi Ji said. “If a man has several lakhs and he gives away a thousand or two,
it doesn’t mean much.”
But this coin was perhaps all that the poor woman
possessed. She gave me all she had. That was very
generous of her. What a great sacrifice she made. That is
why I value this copper coin more than a crore of rupees.
“Remember your graves because your
way passes over it. You will be dealt with
as you deal with others, you will reap what
you sow, and what you send today will
meet you tomorrow.” Imam Ali (AS)
"Overlook and forgive the weakness of
generous people, because if they fall
down, Allah gives his hand in their hands
and helps them…." Imam Ali (AS)
