A STORY - 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, Your Honour, I am primitive. I dont have a proper measure, but I do have a scale . The judge asked, Then how do you weigh the butter ?

The farmer replied, Your Honour since long before the baker started buying butter from me, I have been buying a pound of bread from him. Everyday, 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.

 

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 practise dishonesty and can lie with a straight face. Others lie so much that they dont even know what the truth is any more. But who are they deceiving ? Themselves more than anyone else.

 

Honesty can be put across gently. Some people take pride in being brutally honest and, in the process, hurt others. It seems they get a bigger kick out of the brutality than the honesty. The choice of words and tact are important while expressing the truth.