How to Save the Nation
“Through Understanding: A Lesson from Lincoln – When personal peace leads to national harmony.”
A story goes like this: one day, a childhood friend of Abraham Lincoln asked the great man, “The nation is falling apart. There are so many problems. What are you doing about it?”
“I am doing my bit. I hope you are also doing yours!” said the President.
“Where is the chance for me to do anything about it? I am only a small farmer!” observed the friend.
The Spark of Reflection
“But I distinctly remember how the other day you had a chance to set the nation right!” replied the President.
The farmer looked at him with great surprise. The President continued, “Were your two sons not quarreling the other day when I was passing by your house?”
The farmer recalled the scene. “Yes,” he admitted. “We had only three sugar candies, whereas each of them wanted to have two.”
A Lesson for All
“That’s the same problem faced by the people of the nation—and the world as well. The day you solve it in your own house by making your sons realize that it is not through quarrel but through understanding that they can find peace, the nation’s problems and perhaps the world’s problems would have been solved.”
Lincoln’s wisdom reminds us that personal actions can have far-reaching implications, urging each individual to contribute positively to the greater good.