A speaker at a seminar gave each person in his audience a
balloon and told them to write their name on it with a marker pen. All 500
balloons were collected and put in another room. People were then let into the
room and were given five minutes to find their own balloon. Everyone searched
frantically but no one could find the balloon with their own name. Then the
speaker asked each person to pick up the first balloon they could reach and
give it to the person whose name was written on it. Within a few minutes
everyone had their own balloon. The speaker then began, "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. And this is the purpose of human life: the pursuit of
happiness." I love this story, but I can't help thinking how happy I'd be if you just put me in a room full of balloons.
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