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Gender: Female
Status: Single
Age: 53
Sign: Aries

City: general santos city,philippines
State: XII
Country: PH
Signup Date: 4/1/2007
Saturday, May 09, 2009 

Category: Life
The Seed

            A successful Christian business man was growing old and knew it
            was time to choose A successor to take over the business.
            Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his children, he
            decided to do Something different. He called all the young
            executives in his company together.

            He said, "It is time for me to step down and choose the next
            CEO. I have decided to choose one of you. "The young executives
            were shocked, but the boss continued."I am going to give each
            one of you a SEED today - one very special SEED. I want you to
            plant the seed, water it, and come back here one year from
            today with what you have grown from the seed I have given you.
            I will then judge the plants that you bring, and the one I
            choose will be the next CEO."
            One man, named Jim, was there that day and he, like the others,
            received a seed. He went home and excitedly, told his wife the
            story. She helped him get a pot, soil and compost and he
            planted the seed. Everyday, he would water it and watch to see
            if it had grown. After about three weeks, some of the other
            executives began to Talk about their seeds and the plants that
            were beginning to grow. Jim kept checking his seed, but nothing
            ever grew. Three weeks, four weeks, five weeks went by, still
            nothing.

            By now, others were talking about their plants, but Jim didn't
            have a plant And he felt like a failure.
            Six months went by--still nothing in Jim's pot. He just knew he
            had Killed his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants,
            But he had nothing. Jim didn't say anything to his colleagues,
            however. He just kept watering and fertilizing the soil - He so
            wanted the seed to grow.

            A year finally went by and all the young executives of the
            company brought their plants to the CEO for inspection. Jim
            told his wife that he wasn't going to take an empty pot. But
            she asked him to be honest about what happened. Jim felt sick
            to his stomach, it was going to be the most embarrassing moment
            of his life, but he knew his wife was right. He took his empty
            pot to the board room. When Jim arrived, he was amazed at the
            variety of plants grown by the other executives. They were
            beautiful--in all shapes and sizes. Jim put his empty pot on
            the floor and many of his colleagues laughed, a few felt sorry
            for him!
            When the CEO arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted his
            young executives. Jim just tried to hide in the back. "My, what
            great plants, trees, and flowers you have grown," said the CEO.
            "Today one of you will be appointed the next CEO!" All of a
            sudden, the CEO spotted Jim at the back of the room with his
            empty pot. He ordered the Financial Director to bring him to
            the front. Jim was terrified. He thought, "The CEO knows I'm a
            failure! Maybe he will have me fired!"
            When Jim got to the front, the CEO asked him what had happened
            to his seed - Jim told him the story.
            The CEO asked everyone to sit down except Jim. He looked at
            Jim, and then announced to the young executives, "Behold your
            next Chief Executive Officer!
            His name is Jim!" Jim couldn't believe it. Jim couldn't even
            grow his seed. "How could he be the new CEO?" the others said.

            Then the CEO said, "One year ago today, I gave everyone in this
            room a seed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it,
            and bring it back to me today.
            But I gave you all boiled seeds; they were dead - it was not
            possible for them to grow. All of you, except Jim, have brought
            me trees and plants and flowers.
            When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted
            another seed for the one I gave you. Jim was the only one with
            the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it.
            Therefore, he is the one who will be the new Chief Executive
            Officer!"


            Þ If you plant honesty , you will reap trust

            Þ If you plant goodness , you will reap friends

            Þ If you plant humility , you will reap greatness

            Þ If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment


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