1000 Bananas For God

A plantation owner, somewhat foolishly accustomed
to bartering with God, prayed for a good harvest.
He pleaded thusly:

'Dear God, if You would please bring me a great
banana harvest, as a service I will give You 1,000
bananas from the harvest.'

God granted him a great harvest. Thus, the plantation
owner loaded up a thousand bananas in his wagon
and had his foreman deliver them to the temple. Along
the way, the foreman was pestered by two little beggar
boys who pleaded for a banana to ward off their hunger.
'Shoo, shoo, go away,' said the foreman, knowing that
the plantation owner had loaded exactly 1,000 bananas.

The hungry little boys ran along side the wagon and
continued to beg. Finally, the hired hand gave each of
them a banana. He thought to himself, 'Who would count
all these bananas and know that two are missing from
a thousand?'


But the plantation owner had warned the chief overseer
of the temple to count the bananas to make sure that the
foreman had not sold some along the way. He found out
that two were missing and had been given to beggars and
he fired the foreman.

That night the plantation owner had a dream. In his dream
God came to him and said, 'I have granted your prayer for
a great harvest, but you have not kept your agreement.'

The plantation owner pleaded his case, 'But God, I took the
bananas to you as I said.'

God replied, 'Well, I am sorry that you are in error my
friend, because so far, I have received only two.'

What goes round comes round, and whether your
load of bananas means abundant energy, creativity,
intelligence, leadership, money or time, for everyone
in the world, figure out how to deliver
more than two.

(Taken from Dr. Robert O. Young)