STORY OF DICE: ARE ALL DICE REALLY EQUAL?

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A father just bought a box containing 6 dice for his son to play with . . . but for a long time he did not make use of the dice until there was a contest and he found no worthy set of dice except the ones that are enclosed in a box that had been covered with dusts on the shelve where he kept. The son uncovered the dices and marked each one of them.

Meanwhile, each die has the potential of producing “six” whenever they are tossed by the son. And as the father and the son were on their way to the venue of the contest, a conversation brewed up between them based on the son’s curiosity:

Son: Dad? Are all the dice the same?
Dad: Yes son!
Son: Are they all equal?
Dad: Yes son!
Son: Can they all produce ‘six’?
Dad: They should . . .

The conversation ended on a happy note for the boy based on the father’s response.

As they got to the venue of the contest, it began almost immediately. After series of tossing and throwing, the son’s enthusiasm and positivism paid off (at least that was what the father kept telling himself) as the son’s dice were producing results that seemed to be more than other contestants. Although, these dices have equal potentialities, some produced ones, some twos, and others produced fours, fives and sixes a couple of times. At the end of the game, the son won.

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As they were coming back home with the rewards and gifts the son won from the competition, another conversation brewed between them:

Son: Dad? I know I won but not all the dice produced ‘six’ as we are hoping they would. Why is that?
Father: All these dices are equal but some are equal than others based on how they are tossed.
Son: But I tossed them altogether without partiality . . .
Father: Son, the most important thing is that they produced results that led to your victory no matter how small.
Son: Oh . . . I get it! What really matters is that they are productive even though they are being tossed and thrown down. They are equal in potential but not in outcome.
Father: You got it son! That's the idea!

The father was happy because his son did not only win but also learn a valuable lesson of life . . .

The Moral of the story is that everyone has equal potential but individual outcomes depend on wherever or however we land based on how we are being tossed by circumstances of life. But no matter how badly we are being tossed, productivity is non-negotiable.

I hope you learn from this story . . .