The chief's party

In an imaginary land ruled by a chief, the chief decided to throw a party in celebration of his birthday party. It was to be a huge feast with dignitaries from other kingdoms in attendance.

The chief sent a message to the citizens of his land that they can come and enjoy themselves at his party but every man in attendance must bring with him a pot of wine which is to be poured into a very large pot prepared by the king. The wine would be used to entertain all the guests.

One man who wanted to attend but was too stingy to part with a pot of wine decided to carry water instead. He said to himself, "one little pot of water poured into a large pot of wine will do nothing to change it's taste. No one will discover the trick he has up his sleeves. His wife said to him, "this is a feast where you'll get to have fun and eat anything you want without paying for it. Why can't you just sacrifice a little pot of wine?" He refused to pay her any attention. If hundreds of guests poured wine into the chief's pot, his water will do nothing to change the taste.

On the day of the Chief's birthday celebration, the guests arrived with their individual pots of wine which they all poured into the huge pot in the chief's palace. The man also poured his own pot of water into the huge pot of wine.

When it was time to make a toast, the chief ordered the servants to pour wine from the pot for every guest in attendance. It turned out to be that there was no wine in the pot but only water.

It turned out that each guest thought to bring water as the others would bring wine. Imagine the embarrassment.

This is the exact situation we face in our world today. We want to make the world a better place without contributing any positivity. We leave it for others to do not knowing that the others are also leaving it for us to do. Imagine if it is time for election in our various countries, and we refuse to register ourselves as voters simply because we want others to do the election. What the others were also waiting for others an at the end of the day the required leaders do not end up in office? Who then will make your nation better, your ghosts? No. We need to get up today and learn to participate actively and bring out the needed positivity to make life and living better.

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