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Once upon a time there were two screws fastening a vital part of a gasoline engine. One of the screws was haughty and proud of it's shining head. The second screw was quiet, intent only on doing its job to the best of its ability.
One day a speck of rust appeared on the head of the second screw. Filled with vain pride of its own beauty, the first screw began to laugh at the second. "Your head is tarnished," the first said to the second. "Look at you. Your perfect luster is gone."
The second screw said nothing. Instead, it concentrated on what it was doing. "How ugly you have become," the first screw chortled, "and how beautiful I have remained." Then it began to laugh so hard at the second screw that it failed to notice that it was working itself loose. Finally it dropped off the engine and plunged into a small pool of dirty oil below.
With the first screw no longer holding up its end of the load, the second was faced with doing the work of two. Meanwhile the first screw, now covered with grimy oil, wailed and lamented. "Just look at me! I'm dirty and filthy and all my beauty is gone. By laughing at the blemish on my friend the second screw, I worked myself loose and fell into the muck. Now I'm doomed."
Now, it just so happened that a short time later the owner of the engine started it up. He immediately noticed that something didn't sound right -- the engine was running rough. When he checked, he instantly saw that one of the two screws holding the vital part was missing. "Ah ha!" the owner said. "One of the screws must have worked itself loose and fell to the ground, but I don't see it. Maybe it fell into that puddle of old oil."
The owner reached into the oil and found the missing screw. "Look at you," the owner said. "You're all covered with grime and oil. How ugly you are. But I will fix that right away." The owner reached for a nearby rag and wiped all the oil and grime off the first screw until it shone even brighter than before. Then he replaced it on the part. Before he turned away, he noticed a little speck of tarnish on the head of the second screw. With the second rag, he wiped the head clean and bright. Then the owner walked away.
Finally the engine was started. The two screws, now equally beautiful, held the part tight. "Forgive me, my friend," the first screw said to the second. "In my vanity, I was so busy laughing at your blemish that I did not notice that I was working myself loose."
"And what have you learned?" the second screw quietly asked.
"I learned not to judge others because I have my own sins to deal with."
"Then," the second screw said, "I forgive you."
"Thank you, my friend. And rest assured, my vanity will remain forever at the bottom of that dirty puddle of oil."
I want you all to come out with your own interpretations of this story and briefly tell the moral or message you can derive from this story.
My moral from this story is "Do not laugh at the others who are in distress".
Now its your turn...........
Moral:
Help your colleagues when they are wrong, if not you might lose them and thus be left alone to handle all the work
Context:
If the second screw would have corrected/helped the first screw when he began making fun and made him see light, then the first screw would not have lost balance. The falling of first screw left the second screw struggling ALONE
In other words, we should recognize the value add of friends/colleagues who help us in our daily work. And we should correct them when wrong in stead of waiting for them to fail, otherwise we get to face the brunt n ALONE)
my two cents
1.we should not go more on the outer beauty we should equally concentrate on the inner self. (there are so many hidden qualities we should care for)
2.Sometimes with the ego we are not able to judge the person correctly.
3.we should not be so quite as others start taking us as timid or start questioning on our performance (as 1st screw was always quite).
4.Person can make changes for good any time (can improve the personality)
as 2nd screw started working properly
5.we should not be rigid about accepting our faults and saying sorry for what we have done wrong (2nd screw said sorry to 1st)
6.we can make up any missed or lost relationship any time with few words of love and respect(again they were good friends)
7.If any time we are not perfect we can show our worth any time later, so don't feel discouraged stick to what you want to achieve (as 1st screw was not shining for some time but just with some cleaning it shinned)
8.Bad and good time are phases of life accept it, (it will pass too), you can come out of the worse phase of your life (as 2nd screw came out of that oil box and shinning again)
thats is all i think.
Thanks