Once a fisherman was sitting near seashore,
under the shadow of a tree smoking his beedi. Suddenly a rich businessman
passing by approached him and enquired as to why he was sitting under a tree
smoking and not working. To this the poor fisherman replied that he had caught
enough fishes for the day.
Hearing this the rich man got angry and said:
Why don’t you catch more fishes instead of sitting in shadow wasting your time?
Fisherman asked: What would I do by catching
more fishes?
Businessman: You could catch more fishes,
sell them and earn more money, and buy a bigger boat.
Fisherman: What would I do then?
Businessman: You could go fishing in deep
waters and catch even more fishes and earn even more money.
Fisherman: What would I do then?
Businessman: You could buy many boats and
employ many people to work for you and earn even more money.
Fisherman: What would I do then?
Businessman: You could become a rich
businessman like me.
Fisherman: What would I do then?
Businessman: You could then enjoy your life
peacefully.
Fisherman: Isn’t that what I am doing now?
Moral – You don’t need to wait for tomorrow
to be happy and enjoy your life. You don’t even need to be more rich, more
powerful to enjoy life. LIFE is at this moment, enjoy it fully.
As some great men have said “My riches
consist not in extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants”.
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