70. A Life of
Satisfaction
Once a fisherman was
reclining against the dock with a few fish in his bucket. A rich merchant was
passing over there and noticed him. He asked, “Why are you squandering your
time in rest? Go and trap some more fish.” The fisherman replied, “I have
caught all I need for today and I am smoking my pipe to enjoy the breeze.” The
businessman objected, “If you will use time in fishing, you could earn more
money than requirement.” The fisherman replied, “And then what.” “Well, then
your saving would allow you to buy a bigger boat so that you may go farther into
the sea to catch bigger fish to make even more money.” The businessman replied,
“And then what?” “Then you could buy a whole fleet of boats and catch a
thousand of fish and make a thousand of rupees in one day and become rich like
me.” “And then what?” asked the fisherman. “Then you could sit back and enjoy
life like I do,” the rich man said. “Well, isn't that what I am doing already,”
said the fisherman proudly.
Moral : A contented man lives
life happily.
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