I've ****bably posted this story before and never tire of
hearing it and perhaps someone here will get something
new out of it too.
I found it in Ken Keyes' "Taming Your Mind" (originally
published in 1950). It is apparently fFrom "The Twelve
Rules for Straight Thinking" by William J. Reilly.
"... when a boy, I went fi****ng with three other boys. On the way
to the river we decided that the 'catch' should be pooled and
divided equally among all of us. And I agreed wholeheartedly.
I felt that it was absolutely fair and square. But during the
course of the day, I found that I was leading the rest in the
number of fish caught, and my attitude towards the whole
proposition of dividing the catch began to change. By the time
the day was over and there was no further chance of anyone else
catching as many fish as I had, I became violently opposed to
our original proposition, and told the boys that I couldn't
understand why a good fisherman should be penalised because
of the incompetence and bad luck of his associates..."
- Michaela
