What do you really hope to achieve in life? Read this story and you may find
that what you are always hoping to achieve, you may be already have it.
There was once an American businessman who was sitting by the beach in a
small Mexican village. As he sat, he saw a Mexican fisherman rowing a small
boat towards the shore and noticed that the fisherman has caught a quite number
of big fishes that is known to be a delicacy.
The American was really impressed and ask the fisherman, "How long does it
take you to catch so many fishes?"
The fisherman reply; "Oh, just a short while."
"Then why don't you stay longer at sea and you could catch even more? The
businessman was astonished.
The fisherman simply does not agree, "This is enough to feed my whole family"
he says.
The businessman then asked: "So, what do you do for the rest of the day
then?"
The fisherman reply; "Well, I usually wake up early in the morning, go out to
sea and catch a few fishes, then I would go back and play with my kids. In the
afternoon, I will take a nap with my wife, and evening comes, I will join my
buddies in the village for a drink, we played guitar, sing and dance throughout
the night. My day was ever so complete and carefree."
The businessman does not agree with his way of life and offered a suggestion
to the fisherman.
"I am a PhD holder graduated from HarvardUniversity, specializes in business
management. I could help you to become a more successful person. From now on,
you have to spend more time at sea and try to catch as many fishes as possible.
And when you have saved enough money, you could buy a bigger boat and catch
even more fishes. As you go on, you will be able to afford to buy more boats,
recruit more fishermen and lead a team of your own. Soon you will be able to
set-up your own company, your very own production plant for canned food and do
direct selling to your distributors. At that time,you will have moved out of
this village and to Mexico city, and then expand your operation to LA, and
finally to New York city, where you can set-up your HQ to manage all your other
branches."
The fisherman asks, "So, how long would that take? "
The businessman reply: "About 15 to 20 years"
The fisherman continued, "And after that?"
The businessman laugh heartily, "After that, you can live like a king in your
own house, and when the time is right, you can go public and float your shares
in the Stock Exchange, by then you will be rich, your income will be coming in
by the millions!!"
The fisherman ask, "And after that?"
The businessman says "After that, you can finally retire, you can move to a
house by the fishing village, wake up early in the morning and catch a few
fishes, then return home to play with the kids, have a nice afternoon nap with
your wife, and when evening comes, you can join your buddies for a drink, play
the guitar, sing and dance throughout the night!! "
The fisherman was puzzled, "Isn't that what I am doing now??"
So, what does one really hope to achieve in life, do we really need to work
so hard in life ? What do you hope to accomplish in the end ?
"Ya Allah, selamatkanlah umat Islam yg sedang sengsara di Lubnan,
Palestin, Afghanistan, Iraq, Chechnya serta diseluruh pelosok dunia akibat dari
angkara mungkar dan kekejaman musuh-musuh Mu. Peliharakanlah mereka,
lindungilah mereka, kasihanilah mereka dan berikanlah rahmatMu ke atas mereka.
Amin, ya Rabbal A'lamin."
JUNHAIRI BIN ABD JALIL
PERUNDING TAKAFUL IKHLAS
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