Once upon a time, there was a farmer who grew corn of excellent quality. Every year he won the award for the best corn. One year, a reporter interviewed him and discovered something interesting about his farming method. The reporter found out that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors. “Why do you share your best seed corn with your neighbors,” the reporter asked, “when they compete with you every year?” “Why, sir,” the farmer replied, “didn’t you know? The wind carries pollen from the ripening corn and blows it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily lower the quality of my corn. If I want to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn.” The same is true for our lives. Anyone who wants to live a good and meaningful life must help enrich the lives of others, because the value of a life is measured by the lives it touches. And anyone who wants to be happy must help others find happiness, for the well-being of each is connected to the well-being of all.