There was a wise man who always carried a bag of seeds with him wherever he went. Whenever he met someone, he would give him a seed and say: “When you find time, plant this seed and nurture it, and wait to see what will grow from it.”

One day a little girl asked him: “Why are you doing this?”

The sage answered calmly: “These seeds, my daughter, represent the potential within every human being. It is up to us to plant and nurture them, or neglect them and abandon them.”

Moral of the short story: We all have the potential to grow and develop, but it takes effort and care to reach and realize our full potential.