once upon a time...

there lived a ruler...

who...

even in the face of his luxurious lifestyle...

was neither joyful...

nor content...

onE day...

the ruler came upon a servant...

who was singing happily...

while he worked...

this fascinated the ruler...

why was he...

the supreme ruler of the land...

unhappy and ominous...

while a servant...

had so much bliss in his heart...

the ruler asked the man...

why are you so cheerful...

he replied...

your majesty...

i am nothing but a servant...

but...

my family and i don't need too much...

just a roof over our heads…

and food to fill onEs stomachs...

later in the day...

the ruler sought the advice...

of his most trusted advisor...

after hearing the ruler's woes...

and the servant's story...

the advisor declared...

your majesty...

i believe that the servant...

has not been made part of...

the 99 club...

&...

what exactly is that...

the ruler enquired...

the advisor replied...

your majesty...

to truly know what this club is...

place ninety nine gold coins in a bag...

and leave it at this servant's doorstep...

this was donE...

when the servant saw the bag...

he took it into his house...

when he opened it...

he let out a enormous shout of joy...

so many gold coins...

he began to count them...

after several times...

he was at last convinced...

that there were ninety 9 coins...

he wondered...

what could have happened...

to that last gold coin...

surely...

there was onE missing...

he looked everywhere he could...

but...

that final onE coin was nowhere to be found...

finally...

exhausted...

he decided that he was going work harder...

than ever...

to earn that gold coin...

and complete his collection...

from that day...

the servant's life was changed...

he was overworked...

grumbled a lot...

scolded his family...

for not helping him complete his collection to a 100...

he even stopped singing while he worked...

witnessing this drastic transformation...

the ruler was puzzled...

when he sought his advisor's help...

the advisor concluded...

your majesty...

the servant has now officially joined...

the 99 club...

he continued...

a name given to those people...

who have enough to be happy...

but...

are never contented...

because they are always yearning...

striving...

for that extra onE to round it out to onE hundred...

we can be happy...

with what we have in our lives...

but the minute we are...

given something superfluous...

we want even more...

we lose our sleep...

our happiness...

we even hurt the people around us...

all this...

for da price for our growing needs...

and desires...

don’t look for the onE...

be the onE...

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