Kerwin Rae’s photo
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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