One day a rich businessman was surprised to find a fisherman lazily smoking a pipe and lying on the riverbank beside his boat.
"Why aren't you out fishing?" said the businessman.
"Because I caught enough fish for one day," said the fisherman.
"Why don't you catch some more?"
"What would I do with them?"
"Earn more money. With that you could buy a motor for your boat so you could go into deeper waters and catch more fish. Then you would have enough money to buy nets. These would bring you more fish and more money. Soon you would have enough money to own two boats, maybe even a fleet of boats. Then you would be a rich man like me."
"What would I do then?"
"Then you could really enjoy life."
"What do you think I am doing right now?"
From Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart, edited by Christina Feldman and Jack Kornfield
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