Food for thought

Hi guys,

I read some book I stumbled upon and just wanted to share some parts of it with all of you. One of the stories inside was called the 99 club.

So the story goes like this:

There was once this king in this faraway kingdom. He also felt grumpy, and did not know how to become happy again, as he was when he was a prince. Then one day, he saw this servant, who was humming away happily while cleaning the palace.

Curious, the king asked the servant : "Why are you always so happy?"

The servant replied: "Sire, I am happy because I am satisfied with whatever I own now. I have a roof over my head, my stomach is full, and I have a great caring family."

But the king did not believe that a person could be so happy just because of such simple reasons. He asked his most trusted advisor why the servant was so happy.

The advisor replied : "He is so happy now because he is not a member of the 99 club."

The king, now curious about the 99 club, asked his advisor what it was about. The advisor told him that to truly know what The 99 club is, Your Majesty, you need to place 99 gold coins in a bag and leave it at the servant's doorstep.

Later, when the servant found the bad of coins, he let out a great shout of joy and started to counted the coins. He was not convinced that someone would leave 99 coins, and wondered where the 100th gold coin was. Unable to find it after several days, he decided that he was going to work extra hard to earn the final coin to complete his collection.

From then on, the overworked man became horribly grumpy, and he criticized his family severely for not helping him earn that last coin. He even stopped humming when working.

Noticing the transformation, the advisor told the king: " Your Majesty, the servant has officially joined The 99 Club.

The 99 Club is given to a group of people who have enough to be happy but are never content, because they always strive for something extra, telling themselves, " if I get that, I will be happy for life".

Thanks for bearing with the long story. xD Hope you guys understand the story. See you tmr at training! Remember to wear your unit tees!