If I were a baker and had an inventory of 100 loaves of bread, and every dayI gave one loaf to my community's food bank to help feed the poor, I might thinkthat I was doing my civic duty.
And if 100 starving people were knocking at my door and begging for bread, Imight remind them that I have already given them my fair share.
But if my neighbor were to knock at my door to inform me that one loaf wasnot enough, that I needed to give two loaves a day, I might requisite, notrealizing the problem was so severe. I know that I will always bake more bread tomorrow,and that I will still have 98 loaves of bread, which is more than enough to feedmyself and my family.
 | But some bakers are bitterly complaining about already having to give away one loaf of bread, thinking that 99 loaves is not enough for themselves. And now they won't be satisfied until they have at least 200 loaves of bread. |
Then tomorrow there are 200 starving people knocking at my door begging forbread, so I'll give them two loaves of bread, thinking that I was doing my civicduty. But my neighbor knocks at my door to inform me that now, two loaves wasnot enough, that I needed to give four loaves a day.
So again, I requisite, not realizing the problem was getting worse. I knowthat I will always bake more bread tomorrow, and that I will still have 96loaves of bread, which is more than enough to feed myself and my family.
But some bakers are still bitterly complaining about having to give away oneloaf, even though they now have 200 loaves, and they won't be satisfied untilthey will have at least 300 loaves of bread.
But I will continue to give away as many loaves as are necessary, so long asI still have one remaining loaf of bread, knowing that I still can feed myselfand my family, and that tomorrow I can always bake more bread.
Meanwhile, after they have already stockpiled 500 loaves of bread, ratherthan feeding the poor, some bakers will still want more, although their excessbread is no longer of any use to them, because their bellies are full and theyhave grown obese. And their excess bread will one day become moldy, and willthen be of no use to anyone.
Or they will die, and leave all their bread to their children, and their children...tocarry on the baker's family tradition of greed and selfishness. But even so,even they will insist that now they must have more loaves ofbread, continuing to hoard, while starving people are begging at their door.
The moral of the story is: Some people will never be satisfied, no matter howmuch bread they have, even if it means that others will starve to death.
The second moral of the story is: If you and your family are starving andneed bread, if you can, sometimes you just have to take it --- because then it'snot "theft", but "survival" --- because sometimes it'sbetter to ask for forgiveness later, than to ask for permission first.
The final moral of the story is: ______________________________ (Leave youridea as a comment below,)
BELOW: "Man Stealing Bread" by Jean-FrançoisRaffaelli
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