Do you agree?

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 at 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!


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!"





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 contentment.


If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective.


If you plant hard work, you will reap success.


If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation.





So, be careful what you plant now - it will determine what you will


reap


later.

Do you agree?
sorry i only read the first line :/ /