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Are you the businessman or the fisherman?
There was once a businessman
who was sitting by the beach in
a small Brazilian village.
As he sat, he saw a Brazilian
fisherman rowing a small boat
towards the shore having
caught quite few big fish.
The businessman was impressed
and asked the fisherman, “How
long does it take you to catch so
many fish?”
The fisherman replied, “Oh, just a
short while.”
“Then why don’t you stay longer
at sea and catch even more?”
The businessman was
astonished.
“ This is enough to feed my
whole family,” the fisherman
said.
The businessman then asked,
“So, what do you do for the rest
of the day?”
The fisherman replied, “Well, I
usually wake up early in the
morning, go out to sea and catch
a few fish, then go back and play
with my kids. In the afternoon, I
take a nap with my wife, and
evening comes, I join my
buddies in the village for a drink
— we play guitar, sing and
dance throughout the night.”
The businessman offered a
suggestion to the fisherman.
“ I am a PhD in business
management. I could help you to
become a more successful
person. From now on, you
should spend more time at sea
and try to catch as many fish as
possible. When you have saved
enough money, you could buy a
bigger boat and catch even more
fish. Soon you will be able to
afford to buy more boats, set up
your own company, your own
production plant for canned
food and distribution network.
By then, you will have moved
out of this village and to Sao
Paulo, where you can set up HQ
to manage your other branches.”
The fisherman continues, “And
after that?”
The businessman laughs heartily,
“After that, you can live like a
king in your own house, and
when the time is right, you can
go public and float your shares
in the Stock Exchange, and you
will be rich.”
The fisherman asks, “And after
that?”
The businessman says, “After
that, you can finally retire, you
can move to a house by the
fishing village, wake up early in
the morning, catch a few fish,
then return home to play with
kids, have a nice afternoon nap
with your wife, and when
evening comes, you can join
your buddies for a drink, play
the guitar, sing and dance
throughout the night!”
The fisherman was puzzled,
“Isn’t that what I am doing
now?”
This is a classic story.
And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you,
Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for
the body, what ye shall put on. The life is more than meat,
and the body is more than raiment.
Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap;
which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth
them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? And
which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one
cubit? If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least,
why take ye thought for the rest?
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not,
they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all
his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
luke 12 : 22–27
wrong section?
o tamang sa art and literature ko ito ilagay?
There was once a businessman
who was sitting by the beach in
a small Brazilian village.
As he sat, he saw a Brazilian
fisherman rowing a small boat
towards the shore having
caught quite few big fish.
The businessman was impressed
and asked the fisherman, “How
long does it take you to catch so
many fish?”
The fisherman replied, “Oh, just a
short while.”
“Then why don’t you stay longer
at sea and catch even more?”
The businessman was
astonished.
“ This is enough to feed my
whole family,” the fisherman
said.
The businessman then asked,
“So, what do you do for the rest
of the day?”
The fisherman replied, “Well, I
usually wake up early in the
morning, go out to sea and catch
a few fish, then go back and play
with my kids. In the afternoon, I
take a nap with my wife, and
evening comes, I join my
buddies in the village for a drink
— we play guitar, sing and
dance throughout the night.”
The businessman offered a
suggestion to the fisherman.
“ I am a PhD in business
management. I could help you to
become a more successful
person. From now on, you
should spend more time at sea
and try to catch as many fish as
possible. When you have saved
enough money, you could buy a
bigger boat and catch even more
fish. Soon you will be able to
afford to buy more boats, set up
your own company, your own
production plant for canned
food and distribution network.
By then, you will have moved
out of this village and to Sao
Paulo, where you can set up HQ
to manage your other branches.”
The fisherman continues, “And
after that?”
The businessman laughs heartily,
“After that, you can live like a
king in your own house, and
when the time is right, you can
go public and float your shares
in the Stock Exchange, and you
will be rich.”
The fisherman asks, “And after
that?”
The businessman says, “After
that, you can finally retire, you
can move to a house by the
fishing village, wake up early in
the morning, catch a few fish,
then return home to play with
kids, have a nice afternoon nap
with your wife, and when
evening comes, you can join
your buddies for a drink, play
the guitar, sing and dance
throughout the night!”
The fisherman was puzzled,
“Isn’t that what I am doing
now?”
This is a classic story.
And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you,
Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for
the body, what ye shall put on. The life is more than meat,
and the body is more than raiment.
Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap;
which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth
them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? And
which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one
cubit? If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least,
why take ye thought for the rest?
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not,
they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all
his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
luke 12 : 22–27
wrong section?
o tamang sa art and literature ko ito ilagay?
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