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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