One day, there was a farmer in a small village. The farmer owned land and worked to plant date palms in it. This farmer was very active and energetic, for he used to take care of his small land and wasn’t preoccupied with the kinds of seeds he produces for his palm trees, for he used to bring the best types that were distinguished by their high quality. Therefore, this farmer had won many awards and first prizes because he was the owner of the best date palm product on the level of his village.
After several years passed, the active farmer had many and numerous awards and prizes to the degree that he attracted the envy of farmers and the envious. One of the farmers decided to go to this active farmer in his village to have a conversation with him and to get to know his nature and his wonderful way in producing the best kinds of palm products and achieving this great success.
As soon as this farmer met the active farmer, he began conversing with the farmer and asked him about the secret of this success in the work he had done. The farmer began to be proud of his success and said, “All the praise in this success goes to me that I used to participate with my farmers and give them from the seeds of the date palms that were winning the awards and prizes, and they also used to work planting them in their special fields.”
The farmer was surprised at the active farmer’s words and hurried to ask him and from where he got the seeds. “How did you get your neighbors to the best seeds that they ate from? How do you do this when you know full knowledge that they in this way would envy you in the palm orchard that is specialized every year for the best product on the level of the land?”
The active farmer answered with a simple smile and said, “And what’s strange in this matter, oh master? Don’t you know that there are winds transferring the pollen grains of the blooming date palms from fields to some? So when my farmers work planting the bad seeds or lower quality than my seeds, the fertilization process I described will happen and the quality of the date palm special to me will degrade. So if you want to harvest a successful product and produce wonderful and new dates, then I must help my farmers and supply them with the new seeds and work planting the date palm as I also did.”