There were 200 people attending a seminar on mental and physica=
l health. At one point, the speaker told the group they were going to do an=
activity. He gave each attendee one balloon and told them to write their n=
ame on it with a marker. Then, the balloons were collected and moved into a=
very small room.
The participants were then asked to go into the other room and=
were given 2 minutes to find their balloon.
It was chaos . . .
People were searching =
frantically for their balloon, pushing each other, and running into one ano=
ther while they grabbed a balloon, looked at it, and inevitably tossed it t=
o the side. At the end of the 2 minutes, no one had found the balloon that =
had their name on it.
Then, the speaker asked the participants to go back in the =
room and pick up one balloon at random, look at the name, and return it to =
its owner. Within minutes, everyone had been reunited with their original b=
alloon.
This is what it’s like when people are frantically searching for th=
eir own happiness or success in life. People push others aside to get the t=
hings that they want that they believe will bring them happiness. Howe=
ver, our happiness lies in helping other people and working together as a c=
ommunity.
Lesson: You will get your happiness as you help other people find their=
s. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
~~
Dr Bob Griffin
[email protected] www.grif.net
"Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!"=
e.www.avast.com
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