The Fisherman

An investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The investment banker complimented the fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.
The fisherman replied, "Only a little while."
The investment banker then asked, "Why didn't you stay out longer and catch more fish?"
The fisherman said, "With this I have more than enough to support my family's needs."
The investment banker then asked, "But what do you do with the rest of your time?"
The fisherman said, "I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siesta with my wife, stroll into the village each evening and spend time with my family, I have a full and busy life."
The investment banker scoffed, "I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing; and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat: With the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats. Eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor; eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to a big town and eventually to the the city where you will run your ever-expanding enterprise."
The fisherman asked, "But, how long will this all take?"
To which the investment banker replied, "15 to 20 years."
"But what then?" asked the fisherman. The investment banker laughed and said that's the best part. "When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions."
"Millions?...Then what?"
The investment banker said, "Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings and spend time with your family."
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Dont we often forget the important things in life and get too blinded by material obsessions? Be Happy! :D

Futility of Words?

I havent blogged in a while and as my friends have told me an entry is long due now. For sometime I just couldnt think of anything "entertaining" enough for my "audience", but then again that totally kills the purpose of the blog. It wasnt made to entertain other poeple, it was made to put down my thoughts which might be either not important to other people, or which even I would forget after some time. We all have moments of powerful insights to life which when we put on paper, look as if they have been written by some very thoughful person.
Perhaps I havent blogged ina while because words have been futile to me for a very long time. "Actions Talk Louder Than Words" has always been my philosophy. Although, I am still not against that because it still stands true in many situations. But at this point, I also have a renewed respect for Words. Words help us communicate with each other, help us understand each other better, help us clear the misunderstandings and misconceptions we or others might have. Words help us to express ourselves better than actions, sometimes, can. Words help us understand ourselves better. Words are our necessity. We are social animals, we cannot survive in isolation, and words are the primary need for being social. Words make us human!
Do yourself a favour today and use words to express yourself as you havent before. You might find out something new about yourself. :)