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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