Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Money?

Many people always think of making money and getting big buck and powers. To me, FOR WHAT? The more money you have, the more problem you have. Money can buy us a lot of things. However money is not everything. Money can buy us medicine but not health. Money can buy us friends but not true friends. Money can buy you girls/boys but not love. Money can be important at times but it is not that important if we don't do stupid things. If you lead a simple life, you don't need that much money actually. Let me relate a story to you.

There was this fisherman, living in a small island with his happy family. One day, an economist graduated from Harvard came for holiday. He met this fisherman and they talked.

Economist : Hi, are you a local?
Fisherman : Yes.
Economist : What do you do for living?
Fisherman : I am a fisherman.
Economist : How was your daily routine?
Fisherman : I go out to the sea early in the morning, catch a few fish and I come home in the afternoon.
Economist : Then?
Fisherman : In the afternoon I will play with my children and at night I will go out to the small hut there and have some drink with my pals.
Economist : Do you ever thought of improving your life?
Fisherman : Extend?
Economist : Let me show you how. First you have to go out longer and double the amount of fish you catch everyday. Then in 2 years time you will be able to buy a bigger boat and go futher out and catch bigger fish. I believe 5 years from then you will be able to buy a few boats and hire some fishermen to do the fishing for you. In 10 years time, you can bring your business to America and you can start up a factory to process your fish and sell it. In no more then another 5 years you can go global. Then you will be a millionaire. Good isn't it?
Fisherman : Then what do I do after that?
Economist : Then you can retire to a small island, go out to the sea in the morning, catch a few fish and come back in the afternoon. In the afternoon, you can play with your grandchildren and at night you might wanna go out and have some drink with your friends.
Fisherman : That's exactly what I'm doing now?
Economist : ...

So you see, why do we fight so hard for? To earn a lot of money? Become a millionaire and then retire to a small town and lead a life you're living now? Why go one big round and come back to the same point? We ain't no drawing circles. We can just be happy. Live happy, be happy, and you wouldn't mind not being a millionaire.

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