Sometimes What We Have Is Already Enough

I've read this story at Paulo Coelho's blog and I wanted to share. It's a lesson for life. It's about what we have, what we wish to have and how we'd want to end up in life. Usually, Less is More! At times like this I'm thinking that I may be a little selfish and ungrateful about the things that I have or that have been given to me. Or at times I may even ask for too much. It's definitely food for thoughts!

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The Fisherman &

the Businessman

There was once a businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small Brazilian village.
As he sat, he saw a Brazilian fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore having caught quite few big fish.
The businessman was impressed and asked the fisherman, “How long does it take you to catch so many fish?”
The fisherman replied, “Oh, just a short while.”
“Then why don’t you stay longer at sea and catch even more?” The businessman was astonished.
“This is enough to feed my whole family,” the fisherman said.
The businessman then asked, “So, what do you do for the rest of the day?”
The fisherman replied, “Well, I usually wake up early in the morning, go out to sea and catch a few fish, then go back and play with my kids. In the afternoon, I take a nap with my wife, and evening comes, I join my buddies in the village for a drink — we play guitar, sing and dance throughout the night.”
The businessman offered a suggestion to the fisherman...

read the whole story here.

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