Few Grains of Wheat!!

Long ago, a rich man lived in a small village. He had four sons. With time, the rich man grew old and thought about deciding who should be made heir of his wealth.

To make this decision, he summoned four sons gave a few grains of wheat to each of his sons and said, "I am going to pilgrimage and will return after four years. I want you to keep these grains and return me."

After this, the rich man left.

The eldest son thought that the old man has gone insane, who will remember about this after four years. He threw away those grains.

The second son thought it will be difficult to keep them safe but if I eat it then his father will be happy. Thinking this he ate those grains.

The third son used to pray to God everyday. So, he kept them beside his worship place and started to take care of them. He used to clean them daily and keep them back.

Youngest son thought for sometime and then sowed those grains in the ground. Soon, crops grew and he harvested those crops. Again he took those harvested grains and sowed them back. Again wheat grew and he harvested those again. For four years he repeated this.

After four years, the rich man returned and called his son one by one to his room and asked them about those grains.

The first son came and said, "I lost those."

The second son came and said, "Father, those were your blessing for me from you. So I ate those."

Despite cleaning and taking care of wheat grains, all grains were rotten within two years. When father returned, he went to the market and brought a few grains and give them to his father saying, "Father, here are your grains."

When the fourth son came he said, "Father, I couldn't bring them to you. I will take you to the place where I have kept them. Please come with me."

The rich man couldn't understand but still went with his son. His son took him to the warehouse and showed pointed towards fifty sacks of wheat grains kept there and said, "Here are your grains."

The rich man was surprised and asked, "I gave you few grains, not these fifty sacks."

Youngest replied, "I got these fifty sacks from those few grains which you gave me. After you left I sowed them in the ground and took care of them. When the first crop grew, I harvested it and used all those grains again to grow the next crop again. This is what I harvested from the last crop I sowed."

Seeing this Rich man understood that his youngest son was the wisest one and decided to make him his heir.

Flash: It is not necessary that y0u always have to go the extra mile in search of new ideas. Ideas can "happen" as a by-product of something else. But what you choose to do with them may lead you to change the thing and achieve success.

Moral: When we know what we are working for (GOAL), why we're working hard (COMMITMENT ) - it generates guaranteed SUCCESS.

"Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success!!"