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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