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It went to a woodpecker and said, “Please cut the wood and get me back
the grain.” The woodpecker laughed and said he had no time to do this silly thing. He said, “I do not have time to waste for such a tiny thing.” 

Then the ant went to the police and said,“Please tell the woodpecker to cut the wood and get me back my grain. I had gone to him, but he refused to help me. Please direct the woodpecker and then only he will do the needful.”
The policeman laughed and said, “We have a lot of other better
things to do.” Then the ant went to the Chief Minister and said“I had gone to the woodpecker, but he turned down my request. I went to the policeman and he too turned down my request.Now you please order the policeman to take necessary action, so that he will issue orders to the woodpecker to cut the wood and take my grain out.” But, unfortunately, the Chief Minister also did not do anything. 

Now the ant went to the King and said, “I had gone to the woodpecker, the policeman, and the Chief Minister. Everybody turned  down  my  request.  Now  please  instruct  the  Chief Minister to direct the police for proper action, so that I get my grain back.” The King was very impressed. He understood the pain of the ant. The King knew how to respect resources. He  ordered the Chief Minister to ensure that the ant got her grain back.

Unlike this, many a times we do not respect our own resources.We either reject or neglect them. If you do not have a sense of ownership, then how can you be the owner? Most of the time we do not care about our existing resources. We do not use them at optimum level. Naturally, the returns on our resources do not match with the expectations. Let us understand this story. There were two friends working for a corporation. After some years, one of the friends became the Director of that corporation. One day the other friend asked him that how he felt now since he has finally become the Director. The friend replied politely, 

“Look, I was the Director earlier also, today just a formality has been done. I always considered this corporation as my own. I gave my everything to this company. Today I am happy that the corporation has recognized my efforts.” 

                                                                  to be continued....