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 inquired 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: What do you think I’m
doing right 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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