The 99 (100-1) Club

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> The 99 (100-1) Club

>

>

> Are you part of the 99 club? Wondering what we're talking about? Well,

> here's the story that goes along with the question.

>

> Long ago, there lived a King. This King should have been content with his

> life, given all the riches and luxuries he had. The King always found

> himself wondering why he just never seemed content with his life.

>

> One day, the King had woken up earlier than usual and decided to stroll

> around his palace. He entered his huge living room and came to a stop when

> he heard someone happily singing away...following this singing...he saw

> that one of the servants was

> singing and had a very content look on his face.

>

> This fascinated the King and he summoned this man to his chambers.

>

> The man, his servant, entered the King's chambers as ordered. The King

> asked why he was so happy? To this the man replied: "Your Majesty, I am

> nothing but a servant, but I make enough of a living to keep my wife and

> children happy. We don't need

> too much, a roof over our head and warm food to fill our tummy. My wife

> and children our my inspiration,they are content with whatever little I

> bring home.

>

> "I am happy because my family is happy."

>

> King asked the Personal Assistant how this is possible. He said "Your

> Majesty, I believe that the servant has not been made part of The 99

> Club.The 99 Club? and what exactly is that?" the King inquired. To

> which the Assistant replied, "Your Majesty, to truly know what The 99 Club

> is, you will have to do the following... place 99 Gold Coins in a bag and

> leave it at this servant's doorstep, you will then understand what The 99

> Club is."

>

> That very same evening, the King arranged for 99 Gold coins to be placed

> in bag at the servant's doorstep.

>

> The servant was just stepping out of his house when he saw a bag at his

> doorstep. He then took the bag to a table and emptied it out and began to

> count the coins. Doing so, he realized that there were 99 coins and he

> thought it was an odd number so he counted again, and again and again only

> to come to the same conclusion...99 Gold Coins.

>

> He began to wonder, what could have happened to that last 1 coin? For no

> one would leave 99 coins. Finally, exhausted, he decided that he was going

> to have to work harder than ever to make up for that 1 Gold coin to make

> his entire collection an even 100 Gold Coins.

>

> He got up the next morning, in an extremely horrible mood, shouting at the

> children and his wife for his delay, not realizing that he had spent most

> of the night up conjuring ways of working hard so that he had enough money

> to buy himself that gold

> coin. He went to work as usual only not in his usual best mood, singing

> happily and whistling all day. He didn't even seem to notice that the King

> was watching him as he grumpily did his daily errands.

>

> Seeing the man's attitude change so drastically, the King was puzzled. He

> promptly summoned his assistant to his chambers. The King related his

> thoughts about the servant and once again, his assistant listened. The

> King could not believe that the servant who until yesterday had been

> singing away and was happy and content with his life had taken a sudden

> change of attitude, even though he should have been happier after

> receiving the gold coins.

>

> To this the assistant replied "Ah but your Majesty, the servant has now

> officially joined The 99 Club."

>

> Hearing this the King decided that from that day onwards, he was going to

> start appreciating all the little things in life. Striving for more is

> always good, but lets not strive so hard and for so much that we lose all

> those near and dear to our

> heart, we shouldn't compromise our happiness for moments of luxuries!

> <<living life.zip>>

>

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