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."
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