CLUB 99

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 a 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 adviser, after hearing the kings woes and the servants story, the advisor said, “your majesty, I believe 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 the servant’s door step.” The King did as told. When the servant saw the bag, He took it into his house and opened it. He let out a load shout of joy after seeing 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 have 99 coins”

He looked everywhere he could, but that final coin was elusive. Finally, exhausted he decided he was going to have to work harder than ever to earn that gold coin and complete the collection.

From that day the servants life was changed. He was overworked, horrible, grumpy, and castigated his family for not helping him make that 100^th gold coin. He stopped singing while he worked.

Witnessing this drastic transformation, the king was puzzled. When he sought his advisors help, he 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 are always yearning and striving for that extra 1, saying to themselves,” let me get that one final thing and I will be happy for life.” We can be happy, even with very little in our lives, but the minute we are 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” Are you a member of that club? … Have a simple and contended day