A man was lost in the desert , destined to die of thirst. Luckily , he came to an old cabin, crumbling , windowless , roofless . The man walked around and found a small shadow where
accommodated from the heat and sun of the desert.
Looking around , he saw an old water pump, all rusty . He crawled toward it , grabbed the handle and began pumping , pumping and pumping nonstop, but nothing happened .
Disillusioned, prostrate fell back, and then noticed that his hand was an old bottle. He looked at the
cleaned of all the dust that covered it, and was able to read that said " You need to first prime the pump all the water containing this bottle my friend then please be kind enough to fill it again before
to march . "
The man unscrewed the cap of the bottle and saw that it was full of water ...full of water! Suddenly she
was in a dilemma : if he drank that water , he could survive , but if spilled on that old rusty pump , maybe get , cold , fresh water from the bottom of the well, and could take all the water they wanted, or perhaps may not , perhaps , the pump would not work and the water bottle would be wasted. What should I do ? Spilling ?
water in the pump and wait ... come out fresh water or drinking water from bottle old and ignore the message?
Should he lose all that water in the hope of those unreliable written instructions not how long ago ?
In the end, shed all the water in the pump , grabbed the handle and began to pump , and the pump started
grinding , butnothing happened ! The pump continued his noises and then suddenly came a thread of
water after a small flow and finally the water ran with plenty ... cool , clear water .
He filled the bottle and drank eagerly , filled again and took even more refreshing content. Then , filled it again for the next traveler, filled to the top, took the little note and added another sentence:
" Believe me it works, you have to give all the water before receiving it again."
There are many lessons we can draw from this story. Many times we are afraid t