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 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 advisor. After hearing the King's
woes and the servant's
story, the advisor said, 'Your Majesty, I believe that 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 this servant's
doorstep.'
When the servant saw the bag, he took it into his house.
When he opened the bag, he let out a great shout of joy... 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 leave 99 coins!'
He looked everywhere he could, but that final coin was
elusive. Finally, exhausted he decided that he was going to have to work harder
than ever to earn
that gold coin and complete his collection.
From that day, the servant's life was changed. He was overworked,
horribly grumpy, and castigated his family for not helping him make that 100th
gold coin.
He stopped singing while he worked.
Witnessing this drastic transformation, the King was
puzzled. When he sought his advisor's help, the advisor 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're always
yearning and Striving
for that extra 1, saying to themselves: 'Let me get that one
final thing and then I will be happy for life.' We can be happy, even with very
little in
our lives, but the minute we're 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".
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