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 and smoking
and not working. To this the poor fisherman replied that he had caught enough
fishes for the day.
Hearing this the 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 replied, “You could catch more fishes,
sell them and earn more money, and buy a bigger boat.”
Fisherman questioned, “What would I do then?”
Businessman told, “You could go fishing in deep
waters and catch even more fishes and earn even more money.”
Fisherman asked, “What would I do then?” Businessman
said, “You could buy many boats and employ many people to work for you and earn
even more money.”
“What would I do then?” the fisherman asked.
Businessman told, “You could become a rich
businessman like me”
“And then what would I do?” fisherman questioned.
Businessman told that he could enjoy his life
peacefully. Meanwhile the fisherman snapped back, “What do you think I am doing
right now?”
Moral: We don’t need to wait for tomorrow to be
happy and enjoy our life. We don’t even need to be richer, more powerful to
enjoy life.
Published at The Himalayan Times (THT) 24 March 2014
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