99 CLUB.......
Ramesh Kumar
Here to expose fake influencers and educate vulnerable people. Some one called me Influslayer! Fighting plagiarism. Believer of 'Nothing is impossible'. What I express here is personal & nothing to do with my Company.
A lowly paid employee had so much joy.
The King asked the employee, "Why are you so happy?"
The man replied, "Your Majesty, I am nothing but a servant, but my family and I don't need too much - just a roof over our heads and warm food to fill our tummies."
The king was not satisfied with that reply.
Later in the day, he sought the advice of his most trusted advisor. After hearing the King's woes and the employee's story, the advisor said, "Your Majesty, I believe that the man has not been made part of The 99 Club."
"The 99 Club? And what exactly is that?" the King inquired.
The advisor replied, "Your Majesty, to truly know what the 99 Club is, place 99 Gold coins in a bag and leave it at this man's doorstep."
When the man saw the bag, he took it into his house.
When he opened the bag, he let out a great shout of joy... So many gold coins! He began to count them. After several counts, he was at last convinced that there were 99 coins.
He wondered, "What could've happened to that last gold coin? Surely, no one would leave 99 coins!"
He looked everywhere he could, but that final coin was elusive. Finally, exhausted, he decided that he was going to have to work harder than ever to earn that gold coin and complete his collection.
From that day, the man's life was changed. He was overworked, horribly grumpy, and castigated his family for not helping him make that 100th gold coin. He stopped whistling while he worked.
Witnessing this drastic transformation, the King was puzzled.
When he sought his advisor's help, the advisor said, "Your Majesty, the man has now officially joined The 99 Club."
He continued, " The 99 Club is a name given to those people who have enough to be happy but are never contented, because they're always yearning and striving for that extra 1 telling themselves: "Let me get that one final thing and then I will be happy for life."
MORAL OF THE STORY :-
"We can be happy, even with very little in our lives, but the minute we're given something bigger and better, we want even more! We lose our sleep, our happiness, we hurt the people around us; all these as a price for our growing needs and desires. That's what joining The 99 Club is all about."
"WE EARN TO LIVE .......NOT LIVE TO EARN!!!"
Source: Somewhere from Internet
Veteran- INDIAN AIR FORCE, Graduate Electrical Enggineer.Human Resource Management & Business consultant - Services Industry & corporate Pvt.security Industry - Freelancer.
4 年Thoda hai ,Thode ki Zaroorat hai. Our life is like this. And the story goes on on on....
Just common sense is the bussword
4 年It is the real depiction of how to be happy or cont with what is today/yu have today and losing happiness in searching for the not available...rather then enjoying..life...great story..
Technical Support Analyst at Amazon
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Manager at PwC Australia - Banking and Capital Markets | Fintech | Risk and Regulatory Compliance
5 年Good one and much needed. Thank you for the share!
Contracts Specialist at Parexel
5 年Good story...