We can all take away something from this little story, but I think of
how it might have helped Brett Kavanaugh during his hearing. Rather
than to admit that he was not flawless, he chose to create the man he
wished he was, and then project that image for us to believe...or not.
Somehow Kavanaugh could not believe we might accept him, if he were
flawed but honest. Building a false story only made him Perfect in
his own mind, but to the world he was seen as a Perfect Liar.
Carl Jarvis
On 10/1/18, Mostafa <ebob824@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello. I just received this in Arabic on whats app, so I thought of
sharing it with you. Once upon a time, there was a vastly growing
business in the city. Its owner felt he's old and he soon must be
succeeded by an expert. So, he gathered all young employees who have
been mostly achieving their tasks to the meeting room and said: I am
about to retire and one of you shall succeed me. Nevertheless, because
you are similar to one another in coping with business demands, I'll
test you on something different, so you could compete with each other
on equal level playing field. Thence, the old boss handed each one of
them an offset and said, your task is to take this little offset and
grow it at home. Whoever comes next year with the most brilliant
plant shall indeed be opted for succession. All of them returned home
keen to enter into this competition. Next morning, the journey of
growing offsets began. All of them had their offsets growing
vigorously, except one. His offset wasn't so good, even though he
engrafted it in decently agrarian soil. One year forward, the big day
came. Each and everyone of them went to the company, intriguing to
demonstrate the fruit of his effort to the boss. However, the man who
had the spoilt offset didn't know what to do. He decided to face the
situation and tell the truth. Ultimately, the crucial moment, all
contestants were called into the meeting room to hear who is the
winner. All of them came in with beautifully flourishing plants in
their hands and brilliant smiles on their faces. The man who had the
ruined offset went in with them quite anxious, erubescent and
defecated. Shortly after though, the boss entered the room. He saw the
beautiful plants, thanked them and said: Now, it is time to recognise
my successor. He called the man who had the spoilt offset and asked,
why is your offset spoilt? Sir, I attempted to cultivate it in proper
farming environment, but for some reason I didn't prosper, he
shamefully answered. Astonishingly, the boss declared him the winner.
The room was filled with extraordinary unexpectedness. Each one of you
sat here last year and took an offset from me to grow it at home. I
knew that none of these were adequate to development. All of you
substituted my offsets that weren't growing with good ones. He is the
only honest employee among you, the boss cleared up the misconception.
He therefore deserves to be my trusted successor, he proceeded to
congratulate him for justly being the company's entrusted chief.
