بندر الحارثي
17 Jul 2006, 09:26 AM
The 99 Club…
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 telling 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 what
joining The 99 Club is all about."
FROM MY E-mail
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 telling 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 what
joining The 99 Club is all about."
FROM MY E-mail