Pondering on the above mentioned subject.... i came across this
email... does this apply to us.... or should it apply to all of
us... I guess each individual reading this has an answer to
this..... Thinking seriously .... actions speaks louder than
words.....
Cynthia
A Pound Of Butter
>
>
> There was a farmer who sold a pound of butter to the
> baker. One day the
> baker decided to weigh the butter to see if he was
> getting a pound and he
> found that he was not. This angered him and he took
> the farmer to court.
>
> The judge asked the farmer if he was using any
> measure. The farmer replied,
> amour Honor, I am primitive. I don't have a proper
> measure, but I do have a
> scale." The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the
> butter?" The farmer
> replied "Your Honor, long before the baker started
> buying butter from me, I
> have been buying a pound loaf of bread from him.
> Every day when the baker
> brings the bread, I put it on the scale and give him
> the same weight in
> butter. If anyone is to be blamed, it is the baker."
>
> What is the moral of the story? We get back in life
> what we give to others.
> Whenever you take an action, ask yourself this
> question: Am I giving fair
> value for the wages or money I hope to make?
>
> Honesty and dishonesty become a habit. Some people
> practice dishonesty and
> can lie with a straight face. Others lie so much
> that they don't even know
> what the truth is anymore. But who are they
> deceiving? Themselves--- more
> than anyone else.
>
> Honesty can be put across gently. Some people take
> pride in being brutally
> honest. It seems they are getting a bigger kick out
> of the brutality than
> the honesty. Choice of words and tact are important.
Cynthia
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