Contentment

A wealthy tourist, complete with dark glasses and cameras, went walking along a tropical beach one morning and found a local fisherman sitting alongside his canoe and peacefully chewing his betel nut.

"Why aren't you out fishing?" asked the tourist. "I've caught enough fish for today," answered the fisherman. "But why don't you go out and catch more?" "Why?" "You could sell them and get enough money to buy a net." "What for?" "So you could catch even more.... then you could buy a motor and go out farther, where there are many more fish." "But why do that?" "so you could make a lot of money and then buy a whole fleet of fishing boats." "And then what?" "Then you would become rich and you could spend your time taking it easy." "That's what I'm doing now."

This man has what money cannot buy. Contentment. As the Scripture puts it: "Be it little or much, be content with what you have." (Sir. 29, 23) Just think how happy you would be if you lost everything you have right now... and then got it all back again.