Deeds Are Seeds

Come what may, we should always stay honest and perform our duties properly. We are humans and are considered as crown of all the creatures, we should practically show it. A major component for developing moral character is Honesty. Honesty helps in developing good attributes like kindness, discipline, truthfulness, moral integrity and more. Lying, cheating, lack of trust, steal, greed and other immoral attributes have no part in Honesty. Honesty or truthfulness is a facet of moral character that connotes positive and virtuous attributes such as integrity, truthfulness, straightforwardness, including straightforwardness of conduct, along with the absence of lying, cheating, theft, etc. Honesty also involves being trustworthy, loyal, fair, and sincere.

Here is a story about a man who used to sell impure milk to people and the outcome he received of his greed.

The man used to sell milk in a street. Before coming to the street, he used to collect the milk in a large container and would add water to it in order to increase the quantity and make more profit. The people around used to come to the milkman and get milk for them. Every day people complained against the milk seller about the quality of the milk sold by him and would tell him to get them good quality of milk to use. The milkman paid least attention towards the grievances and went on doing the same. One day the milkman's wife fell ill, and she was rushed to the nearest healthcare center for treatment. The doctor, after examining her, wrote prescription and asked for the medicine. The milkman went out to buy the required medicine from the medical shop wherein he got the prescribed medicine and went to the doctor for further advice. The doctor checked the medicine and found that the medicine is out of date and can no longer improve the health of the patient. The doctor sent the milkman back to obtain proper medicine with latest manufacturing date. The owner of the medical shop refused to accept the medicine and denied that the medicine doesn't belong to his shop. The milkman wept continuously thinking of his ailing wife and meanwhile he recalled how he used to deceive people by adding water to the milk and used to sell impure milk. He realized that what he experienced is the outcome of his own greedy nature. The milkman felt ashamed of his guilty nature and from then on changed his mind to never ever repeat the mistake he used to commit by deceiving people.