Hi Friends, this is my first blog.
I have seen this story in Face book, and it seems good.
So I want to share same thing to EC friends.
Hope you like this, and leave a comment on the topic,
"Once upon a time, there lived a King who despite his luxurious lifestyle, was neither happy nor content.
One day, the King came upon a servant who was singing happily while he worked. This fascinated the King; why was he, the Supreme Ruler of the Land, unhappy and gloomy, while a lowly servant had so much joy.
The King asked the servant, '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 servant's story, the advisor said, 'Your Majesty, I believe that the servant 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 servant's doorstep.'
When the servant 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 servant's life was changed. He was overworked, horribly grumpy, and castigated his family for not helping him make that 100th gold coin. He stopped singing while he worked.
Witnessing this drastic transformation, the King was puzzled. When he sought his advisor's help, the advisor said, 'Your Majesty, the servant 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, saying to themselves: 'Let me get that one final thing and then I will be happy for life.'
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 the "Club 99"
THANK YOU FOR READING.
Comments
Thanks for sharing the story....Indeed ur blog carries a very Great Message for being Greedy....Greedy Person never gets satisfied in his life and the worst thing is that 99% of People are in the Club 99.....
But I m really surprised and its bit annoying to see that the King is in jealous with his subject and he has spoiled his happiness instead of giving him the happiness, which should be his objective....
Dear Wayne, After enter into the club, we never come back, some habits are also same like as club 99, after some time, they will becomes addicted. Nice observation , thank you for your comment.
Thank you Sima ji
Thank you Akka, For your compliments and support.
Dear noaslpls, Thank very much for you comment.
I think this is not a anecdote, It may be a small story.
One more thank for using some new words (Even for me) in your comment. I want to give meaning to those words, 1) Anecdote - A short, interesting or amusing account of a real incident (especially a biographical one). 2) Elusive - Difficult to describe. :)
Dear seifeldawla, You are right, men never satisfied with what he have, always looks out side for something more. But nobody never satisfied whit this attitude. Thank you for your valuable comment.
Dear Anele, Thank you for your comment. This is the nature of human, many times I am observed this situation in my life. Thank you for your nice passage.
But as soon as we joined the club 99,we can;t be back again,
Nice story :)"
Nice anecdote. It's just like some people chasing the elusive end of a rainbow.
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