Happiness
(Muhammad Shoaib Tanoli, )
Once a group of 500 people were
attending a seminar. Suddenly the speaker stopped and decided to do a group
activity. He started giving each person a balloon. Each person was then asked to
write their name on it using a marker pen. Then all the balloons were collected
and put in another room.
The people were then let into that room and asked to find the balloon which had
their name written on it within 5 minutes. Everyone was frantically searching
for their name, colliding with each other, pushing around others and there was
utter chaos.
At the end of 5 minutes no one could find their own balloon.
Then, the speaker asked each person to randomly collect a balloon and give it to
the person whose name was written on it. Within minutes everyone had their own
balloon.
The speaker then began, "This is happening in our lives. Everyone is frantically
looking for happiness all around, not knowing where it is.
Our happiness lies in the happiness of other people. Give them their happiness;
you will get your own happiness. And this is the purpose of human life...the
pursuit of happiness."