determination

rekha rajpurohit (student) (433 Points)

01 January 2011  

An old man lived alone in Minnesota. He wanted to spade his
potato garden, but it was very hard work.

His only son, who would have helped him, was in prison. The
old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his
situation:

Dear Son,
I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't
be able to plant my potato garden this year. I hate to misdo
the garden, because your mother always loved planting time.
I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden
plot.If you were here; all my troubles would be over.
I know you would dig the plot, for me if you weren't
in the prison.

Love,
Dad


Shortly, the old man received this telegram:
"For Heaven's sake, Dad, don't dig up the
garden!! That's where I buried the
GUNS!!"

At 4 am the next morning, a dozen FBI agents and local
police officers showed up and dug up the entire garden
without finding any guns.


Confused, the old man wrote another note to his son telling
him what happened and asked him what to do next.

His son's reply was:


"Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad it's the
best I could do for you from here."

NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE WORLD, IF YOU HAVE DECIDED
TO DO SOMETHING DEEP FROM YOUR HEART, YOU CAN DO IT,... IT IS
THE THOUGHT THAT MATTERS NOT WHERE YOU ARE.


That's Determination