The 99 Club

Once upon a time......there lived a Kingwho.....despite his luxurious lifestyle.....was neither happy nor content.
One day, the King came upon a servant who was singinghappily while he worked. This fascinated the King; why was he......theSupreme Ruler of the and..........unhappy and gloomy, while a lowlyservant had so much joy.
The King asked the servant, " How come you are sohappy?"
The man replied, " Your Majesty, I am nothing but aservant, but my family and I don't need too much............just aroof over our heads and warm food to fill our tummies ."
The king was not satisfied with that reply. Later inthe day, he sought the advice of his most trusted advisor. After hearingthe King's woes and the servant's story, the advisor said, " YourMajesty, I believe that the servant has not been made part of The 99Club."
" The 99 Club? And what exactly is that?" the Kinginquired.
The advisor replied, " Your Majesty, to truly knowwhat The 99 Club is...........place 99 Gold coins in a bag and leave itat this servant's doorstep."
When the servant saw the bag.......he took it into hishouse. When he opened the bag, he let out a great shout of joy.......wow....so many gold coins!
He began to count them. After several counts.....hewas at last convinced that there were 99 coins. He wondered, "What could've happened to that last gold coin? Surely, no one would leave 99coins! "
He looked everywhere he could..... but that last coinwas elusive. Finally, exhausted, he decided that he was going tohave to work harder than ever to earn that gold coin and complete hiscollection.
From that day....the servant's life changed. He wasoverworked, horribly grumpy, and castigated his family for nothelping him make that 100th gold coin. He felt so unhappy all the time.... hestopped singing while he worked.
Witnessing this drastic transformation....the King waspuzzled. When he sought his advisor's help, the advisor said, " YourMajesty, the servant has now officially joined The 99 Club. "
He continued, " The 99 Club is a name given to thosepeople who have enough to be happy but are nevercontented.......because they're always yearning and striving for that extra 1....... tellingthemselves: "Let me get that one final thing and then I will be happyfor life .."
We too can be happy with very little in ourlives.......but the minute we're given something bigger and better...... we needto watch out for our monkey minds ........ which may want even more!
We lose our sleep........our happiness......we hurtthe people around us.......all these as a price for our growing needsand desires.
So dear friends........its all up to us.......whetherwe want to join 'The 99 Club' ........or not!