There's a story of a fisherman who was sitting on the dock one early afternoon with a few fish in his possessions. A rich businessman -- a visitor from out of town -- paused by the dock and said, "Why aren't you out there fishing this afternoon?" The fisherman said, "I've caught all I need for today. Now I'm just sitting back and enjoying the beautiful day." "But," the businessman objected, "if you were to use your times fishing, you could catch more fish and then sell what you don't need to and make some extra money." "and then what?" replied the fisherman. "Well," replied the businessman, "after saving enough money from your sales, you could buy a new and bigger boat that would take you out further to sea and you could catch bigger fish and make even more money." "And then what?" said the fisherman. "Well, then you could buy a whole fleet of boats and catch thousands of fish and make thousands of dollars in one day and become rich lie me." "and then what?" asked the fisherman. "Then you could sit back and enjoy life like I do," said the rich man. "Well," smiled the fisherman, "Isn't that what I'm doing already?"
--Anonymous
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