What is the best way to improve life?- find happiness yourself

What is the best way to improve life?- find the happiness yourself 

There was a King , and the King was walking with his minister in the farm, where he saw a farmer along with his family - husband, wife and son.

They were buzzing, so much life in them, their face were radiant, they were happy, they were beaming with joy, they were singing. They had so much affection and love for each other. And the King said, “Man, I have a massive palace and I have everything that one could dream for and these guys are more happier than me”. Why?

Minister said, “Sir, because this family is not a member of the 99 club.” So the King said, “What is this 99 club?” The minister said, “Give me 99 gold coins, I will tell you.” So the King gave him a bag of 99 gold coins and the Minister said, “After 6 months I will tell you, not today.”

So the minister took that bag of 99 gold coins and put it right at the door step of the farmer. In the morning when the farmer got up, he saw a bag right at his door step. He picked that bag up, went back into his own house, excited he was, he opened the bag and gosh lo and behold. Glittering Gold, gold coins. He never come across such a stroke of fortune.

He emptied the contents of on the floor and started counting, they were 99. “I made a mistake in counting as I am too excited. Let me count again.” He counted again it was 99. He said who was this idiot who forgot to put 1 more, he should have made it a round figure. So he asked his family to count and yet again 99, he thought he cannot live like this and he has to make it 100 anyhow.

So he started working hard to get that one gold coin and it would take him months and years to get the one. And then his wife was thinking, “My husband is a such a nut, for not spending anything. So she took 2 gold coins and went for shopping and his son took 2 gold coin for shopping as well. When he found that he said, “I am tolling working hard, putting my blood and sweat to get that one gold coin to make it 100 and they all started fighting.

Six months passed by and the King and his minister were walking by, and saw the family. Now the buzz had gone, the life had gone, the song had gone, the love had gone, only arguments, fights, bickering. And the king said, “What happened?”. How did they changed so much in just 6 months.

The minister replied. “Now they are officially members of the 99 club.” The king said, “you took 99 gold coins, what is the 99 club.” The minister said, “99 club is the club of those who have 99 gold coins, but in running after one, they don’t use their 99 gold coins.” In running behind that one coin, to reach 100, they don’t spend the 99 coins they have.

I have learnt one thing in my life, and I thoroughly believe in it - “Don’t wait for the Destination, start finding happiness while you are in the journey.”

Happiness is a Journey, not a Destination.

Source : Gaur Gopal Das.