Satsang Thought for the day

Once upon a time, there lived a King who, despite his luxurious

lifestyle, was neither happy nor content. One day, he came

upon a servant who was singing happily while he worked.

This fascinated the King; why was he, the Supreme Ruler of

the Kingdom, unhappy and gloomy, while a lowly servant was

so joyous.

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, let's place 99 Gold coins in a bag and

leave it at this servant's doorstep."

Next day when the servant saw the bag, he picked it up

and took it in. 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.

"What could've happened to that last gold coin? Surely,

no one would leave 99 coins!" he wondered. He looked

everywhere he could, but that final coin was elusive.

Finally, exhausted, he decided that he would have to

work harder than ever to earn that gold coin and complete

his collection.

And 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 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 one, telling 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 greed

and desires.

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