Stone Soup

Many years ago in a time of great hardship and famine an old soldier wandered into a poverty stricken village and asked for shelter for the night. "There's nothing to eat here," the villagers told him, "you'd better move on!" "I have enough here to make soup for all of us," the soldier replied, "if I could just borrow a very large pot." Curious, the villagers produced a pot and stood around watching as the soldier filled it with water and built a small fire underneath. He then took three round stones from a small bag and dropped them into the water. As the water came to the boil the soldier sniffed it hungrily saying, "I do love stone soup, but if I just had a little cabbage it would taste even better!" At this one of the villagers disappeared returning a few minutes later with a cabbage he has been hiding and put it into the pot. A while later the soldier tasted the soup and says "Hmm, this is good, but a couple of carrots would make better still." Again a villager produced a bunch of carrots and so it went on as potatoes, onions, mushrooms and a bit of salt beef were all added to the pot until there was indeed a delicious meal for all.

My Message

We all have our own unique skills and talents. Every single one of us contribute to the world in a significant way. It is only when we all merge our portion of talents together that the world is able to advance in a productive, beneficial manner. By sharing our gifts and resources not only are our own lives enriched, but the lives of those around us. Society operates at it's optimum when everybody comes together to share a variety of different inputs to create one desired outcome. This applies to all areas of our lives - within our professions, our communities and even in our families. Never forget that your talent is the foundation for your own personal growth, share it in a 'joint venture' with other similar talents and I assure you, you will move the world.

May you have an awesome week, where your skills and talents get the opportunity to merge as a collective and help push human kind towards its destined goals.

Darren Zwiers

The Quote:

“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” Henry Ford