Posted By poets on January 11, 2012
Imagine there are three men, and each is given a packet of seeds by their good master. The master tells them “Go and make something of what I have given you.”
The first man plants his seeds in fertile soil, and meticulously maintains the ground – watering, weeding, fertilizing, etc. Before long the first sprouts come up and pretty soon he has a full and lush garden.
The second man scatters his seeds throughout the town. Rather than maintaining the ground – which would be impossible anyway, since the seeds were spread all over – he leaves the care and nurturing to the elements, saying to himself “If these seeds are meant to bear fruit, I trust that it will happen.” And he goes about his merry way.
The third man is in a state of confusion. He cares little about gardening and daydreams of what else he could do instead. He wonders why the master asked him to plant the seeds in the first place. He then stashes the seeds away in a drawer and soon forgets about them.
After awhile the master returns. He summons the three men and asks them what they have made of the seeds they were given. The first man explains how he had planted the seeds in the fertile soil, how he had maintained the grounds and how he now had a lush and beautiful garden. The master was greatly pleased and as a reward granted the man a third of his land to keep as his own.
The second man explained how he had spread the seeds across the whole of the land and how he had figured that if the plants were meant to grow they would and the land would grow more beautiful where it was meant to be. He, of course, had nothing to show because he could not remember particularly where the seeds had been cast, and even if he could, he would be unable to decipher what natural growth was a result of his casting and what was intended to begin with, regardless of his contribution.
The master frowned and said “You are a stupid and lazy man. I am already aware of what nature is capable of producing and also understand that it does not need your input. To cure you of your laziness, from now on you will be responsible for maintaining the grounds of all the land.”
Finally the master came to third man. “Now what have you produced with the seeds I have given you?” The third man explained that he was not a gardener and wasn’t sure how the seeds were to be used and therefor had put them in a drawer and forgotten about them.
The master was livid. “You are too foolish to live!” He shouted. “The other two men were equal to you in knowledge and at least had the good sense to put their seeds in the ground! What could you possibly have expected to make of the seeds tucked away in your drawer? You have made nothing out of something!” And with that the master cast the foolish man off the land where he was never permitted to return.
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