Once a fisherman was sitting near seashore, under the shadow of a tree smoking his beedi. Suddenly a rich businessman passing by approached him and enquired as to why he was sitting under a tree smoking and not working. To this the poor fisherman replied that he had caught enough fishes for the day.
Hearing this the rich man got angry and said: Why don’t you catch more fishes instead of sitting in shadow wasting your time?
Fisherman asked: What would I do by catching more fishes?
Businessman: You could catch more fishes, sell them and earn more money, and buy a bigger boat.
Fisherman: What would I do then?
Businessman: You could go fishing in deep waters and catch even more fishes and earn even more money.
Fisherman: What would I do then?
Businessman: You could buy many boats and employ many people to work for you and earn even more money.
Fisherman: What would I do then?
Businessman: You could become a rich businessman like me.
Fisherman: What would I do then?
Businessman: You could then enjoy your life peacefully.
Fisherman: Isn’t that what I am doing now?
Moral – You don’t need to wait for tomorrow to be happy and enjoy your life. You don’t even need to be more rich, more powerful to enjoy life. LIFE is at this moment, enjoy it fully.
As some great men have said “My riches consist not in extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants”.
Author Unknown
Really good and motivational story 👌👌
Such an amazing story no doubt about what it is but you know I just truly loved it and thanks to whosoever has written it it was such relaxing and motivating
enjoyable
Beautiful very motivating stories… I really Love this site.. Life is too short.. we know that we are not permanent in this world.. so as we still here on earth Enjoy each precious moment with the one you Love.. people around u and of cor’s praising God is the most beautiful and wonderful moment we have to do while we are here in this beautiful and dump world.
This is so inspiring
I really love this story, thanks for this!!
I love this story and its a very powerful message for us.
This was amazingly deep, it brought a tear to my eye, and sent a shiver down my spine. As I realise, life should be full of happiness, and a smile does much more than you think it does.:)
Great Story! 🙂 Thanks for sharing
Nice post
Wow that was a fabulous story. But also the rich b/s man was right coz the future is equally important! It’s good to enjoy investing while you are still strong then you reap your hard work when you are too old to work.
Great story. You made it clear enough how each man’s happiness can differ. Except that the richer one could be blessings to more of those who are in needs of help.
Nice story thus teaches about our life
So touching and reliable story
It’s true… enjoy life in ever moment…
So nice
This story gives a pleasant happiness to a stressful mind..
Ooooh!!! Yeaaa… it’s the best!! :-*
Very good story….:)
What a great story 🙂
I want to read many stories etc. in this Moral Stories website!!! I am very lucky coz I found this story!!! Thanks..
It is fish not fishes.
The most common plural form of fish is indeed fish. However, under certain circumstances, you can use fishes as the plural form of fish. … Fish can refer to multiple fish, especially when they are all the same species of fish. Fishes, however, usually refers to multiple species of fish, especially in scientific contexts.
Eureka! I found it! I heard this great moral story sometime ago. I only remembered some of it. I was searching for it. Now I found it. Thanks to your site. Good job.
Great story..:)
Real, encouragement to venture into creat knowledge & big plans, salute Steve.
Life is joy. We have to enjoy each and every movement.
I remember reading this back in 2010. Whenever I’m feeling down I just re-read it ;D It’s true, I’m always pushed to go to college and become a lawyer or doctor. I wanna join the navy and travel. I’m still 16 and I think I have more than enough time to figure out what I wanna do in life. I’m stressed out with school at the moment. But I just love this story 😀
I love this story…!
We should be contented of what have given to us.
There are no poor people in this world. There are only indolent people which claimed themselves as no having nothing.
Very nice story. Even though I heard it somewhere. Reading it again and again gives me the immense pleasure of thinking each and every moment to Enjoy. Every moment to live your life to the fullest. We always make mistake by thinking to get happiness rather than being happy.
Your site is awesome. I am inspired for a while and hopefully for long term. Well.. I wanna do something I love in my life and something that I can enjoy, not something that I am not up and resorted to do/work.
Nice but not to..After fulfilling his wants, why didn’t help others? Don’t be selfish.
I like the story very much. I am very greatful to you…..
Cool… liked it.
Superb dude…….
Superb story. We should live happily.
“Life goes on” so enjoy all the moments of life.
Lazy people admire the poor fisherman’s way of thinking while I admire the rich man, because the rich man think of helping others by giving them jobs, thinking the someday they will be a businessmen too.
Your site is awesome. I am inspired for a while and hopefully for long term. Well.. I wanna do something I love in my life and something that I can enjoy, not something that I am not up and resorted to do/work.
Sooppa story
Heard it before and was happy to find it.
Suprisingly it is set in India, where it’s not just a story but a way of life for so many… I learned exactly that from villagers across the country.
Great…….thanks for your nice story. It is very helpful for everyone.
It is an interesting story. It is very useful in our life.
It’s a good story.