Pursue the Virtue of Contentment….
A businessman bought popcorn from an old street vendor each day after lunch. He once arrived to find the peddler closing up his stand at noon. “is something wrong?” he asked.
A smile wrinkled the seller’s leathery face. “By no means. All is well.”
“Then why are you closing your popcorn stand?”
“So I can go to my house, sit on my porch, and sip tea with my wife.”
The man of commerce objected. “But the day is still young. You can still sell.”
“No need to, “ the stand owner replied. “I’ve made enough money for today.”
“Enough? Absurd. You should keep working.”
The spry old man stopped and stared at his well-dressed visitor.”And why should I keep working?”
“To sell more popcorn.”
“And why sell more popcorn.? ”
“Because the more popcorn you sell the more money you make. The more money you make, the richer you are. The richer you are, the more popcorn stands you can buy. The more popcorn stands you buy, the more peddlers sell your product, and the richer you become. And when you have enough, you can stop working, sell your popcorn stands, stay home, and sit on the porch with your wife and drink tea.”
The popcorn man smiled. “I can do that today. I guess I have enough.”
Wise was the one who wrote, “Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income” ……………………(Eccles. 5:10 NIV)
this is good veron. aanhin nman natin yang kaperahan kung maysakit at mamamatay din tayo.
ReplyDeletealam mo ang sekreto lang ng happiness ay contentment. pag mayron ka nito daig mo pa ang mayaman. hehehe
"Happiness is not having what you want....
ReplyDelete............it's wanting what you HAVE"
or being thankfull to GOD that we are still breathing.....
ReplyDeleteAmen i sady to that, thanks Veron. this is really nice. im sure everybody can relate and appreciate your post.
ReplyDeletethere is nothing more worth rejoicing than finding happiness inside our hearts, of being grateful to the all the blessing that we are receiving in life, spending our time with our love ones and giving back with all our hearts to the ONE who's the source of these blessings.
Lesson i've learned when my younger brother passed away last year...
ReplyDeleteLife is too short to express your love to your love ones! Spend time with them, money can't buy happiness nor our job can't replace happiness to our family when we spend quality time with them.
Express it...before it's too late!