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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