Finding Happiness

Early one afternoon, a fisherman retired for the day and was smoking his pipe under a tree, without a care on his mind. An industrialist passing by found his laziness unsettling.
“Why are you not fishing?” he asked the fisherman.

The fisherman answered, “I have caught enough fish for the day.”

“Why don’t you catch some more fish?” the businessman suggested.

“What would I do with it?”

“You would earn some more money. Then you can fix up a motor to your boat, which will enable you to go into deeper waters and catch more fish. That will bring you money to buy nylon nets, which in turn will help even more fish and earn even more money. Soon you will have more money to buy two boats, even a fleet of boats. Money will pour in continuously and then, you will be rich like me.”

“What would I do then?”