The rich man who wanted to change the fisher boy

Dear...

A very rich man anchored his luxurious yacht close to the shore of a tropical island in the Caribbean.

The man was a fervent fisher so the next day he went on deck with his fishing rods.

While he was sitting on deck he saw a young boy at the beach fishing as well. After an hour or so the young boy had caught 4 fishes, he put them in a basket and walked away from the beach.

The next morning the same thing happened again: the rich man saw this young boy fishing and leaving after having four fishes in his basket. And in the following days it was no different. Sometimes it took 30 minutes sometimes more than an hour but each time after catching four fishes the boy left the beach, his basket in one hand and his fishing rod in the other. 

The rich man was utterly intrigued by this and decided to go ashore and have a chat with the boy. The following morning when the rich man met the boy he asked him why he every day only caught 4 fishes. The boy answered politely: I only need 4 fishes, one is for my mother, one for my father, one for my younger sister and one for myself. That's really good said the man, but why don't you catch more fishes so that you can sell them, and if you save your money you can buy a better rod and catch even more fishes to sell. Then if you have enough money you might be able to buy a boat and catch a lot of fishes. And then perhaps one day you will be as rich as I am and own a nice yacht as I do and he pointed proud to his yacht.

The boy looked at the rich man and said ok...and then? For a moment the rich man looked puzzled but answered: than you can sit on your boat like I do and fish in the morning.

Well, isn't that what i'm doing right now...? asked the boy and without waiting for the rich man's reply he took his basket and fishing rod and walked away.

Now I'm all for change and finding your potential... but there is something beautiful, humbling and wise in this story. The boy was clearly content with what he has and saw no need to gather more wealth just to do what he basically was doing already. 

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