1Moral Stories 31 to 35'THE 99 CLUB'Once upon a time, there lived a King who, despite his luxurious lifestyle, was neitherhappy nor content.One day, the King came upon a servant who was singing happily while he worked.This fascinated the King: Why was he, the supreme ruler of the land, unhappy andgloomy, while a servant had so much joy in his heart?The King asked the man, "Why are you so happy?"He replied, "Your Majesty, I am nothing but a servant, but, my family and I don'tneed too much - just a roof over our heads and food to fill ourselves."Later in the day, the King sought the advice of his most trusted advisor. After hearingthe King's woes and the servant's story, the advisor declared, "Your Majesty, I believethat the servant has not been made part of The 99 Club.""The 99 Club? And, what exactly is that?" the King enquired.The advisor replied, "Your Majesty, to truly know what The 99 Club is, place 99 goldcoins 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 heopened it, he let out a great shout of joy ... so many gold coins! He began to countthem. After several times, he was at last convinced that there were 99 coins. Hewondered, "What could have happened to that last gold coin? Surely, no one wouldleave 99 coins!" He looked everywhere he could, but, that final coin was not to befound. Finally, exhausted, he decided that he was going to have to work harder thanever to earn that gold coin and complete his collection. 2From that day, the servant's life was changed. He was overworked, grumbled a lotand scolded his family for not helping him make that 100th gold coin. He stoppedsinging while he worked.Witnessing this drastic transformation, the King was puzzled. When he sought hisadvisor's help, the advisor concluded, "Your Majesty, the servant has now officiallyjoined The 99 Club." He continued, "The 99 Club is a name given to those people whohave enough to be happy, but, are never contented, because they are always yearningand striving for that extra 1 to round it out to 100!We can be happy, even with very little in our lives, but the minute we are givensomething bigger and better, we want even more! We lose our sleep andour happiness. We even hurt the people around us. All these are as a price forour growing needs and desires. That's what joining The 99 Club is all about."Note: Hopefully, we can avoid being members of that club!Dr.Ashok PagrutBA,MB,Ayurvedacharya.D.Ortho.BOM, M.S.Orth.BOMORTHOPAEDIC AND HAND SURGEONDR.PAGRUT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITALSahdev,Vishal NagarMith Chouki,Marve Road.MALAD-WMUMBAI. 400 064Tel: 2882 7447, 2881 3376 Mobile : 98200 39586a_pagrut@vsnl.netashok.pagrut@gmail.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3From: "tanvee kulkarni" To: "sm vaidya" Subject: Fw: Credit Defaulters....Date: Sunday, July 27, 2008 6:45 PMFrom: Uday.SAWANT@crayvalley.com Subject: Credit Defaulters....To: tanvee62@yahoo.co.in,Date: Tuesday, 22 July, 2008, 8:57 AMRajiv and Mona are flying to Australia for a two-week vacation to celebrate their 40thanniversary.Suddenly, over the public address system, the Captain announces, 'Ladies andGentlemen, I am afraid I have some very bad news. Our engines have ceasedfunctioning and we will attempt an emergency landing. Luckily, I see an unchartedisland below us and we should be able to land on the beach. However, the odds arethat we may never be rescued and will have to live on the island for the rest of ourlives!'Thanks to the skill of the flight crew, the plane lands safely on the island.An hour later Rajiv turns to his wife and asks, 'Mona, did we pay our deposit chequeto ICICI Ba nk?''No, sweetheart,' she responds.Rajiv, still shaken from the crash landing, then asks, 'Mona, did we pay our ICICIBank Master Card balance yet?''Oh no! I'm sorry. I forgot to send the cheque,' she says.'One last thing, Mona. Did you remember to send cheques for the ICICI Auto loan thismonth?' he asks.'Oh, forgive me, Rajiv,' begged Mona. 'I didn't send that one, either.'Rajiv grabs her and gives her the biggest hug in 40 years. Mona pulls away and askshim, 'So, why did you hug me?'Rajiv answers, 'They'll find us!'Thanks,Best Regards,Uday SawantAsst. Manager - Technical Service.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4---------- Forwarded message ----------From:Kamlesh

Date: Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 10:10 AMSubject: [Fwd: [Fwd: Fw: [Fwd: Especially for Dear ones...!!]]]To: Sudhir Vaidya Especially for Dear ones...!!An elderly man in Mumbai calls his son in New York and says,'I hate to ruin your day son, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are getting adivorce; 35 years of marriage... and that much misery is enough!''Dad, what are you talking about?' the son screams.'We can't stand the sight of each other any longer,' the old man says.'We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you call your sister inHong Kong and tell her!'Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone.'Like heck they're getting divorced,' she shouts, 'I'll take care of this.'She calls Mumbai immediately, and screams at the old man, 'You are not gettingdivorced. Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother back, andwe'll both be there tomorrow. Until then, don't do a thing, DO YOU HEAR??' and shehangs up.The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. 'Okay', he says, 'It's all set.They're both coming for Diwali and paying their own airfare!!'MORAL:No man / woman is busy in this world all 365 days.The sky is not going to fall down if you take few days LEAVE and meet your dearones.OFFICE WORK IS NOT EVERYTHING IN LIFE and MONEY MAKING IS NOTEVERYTHING IN LIFE. AFTER ALL WE WORK FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S DREAM.YOU ARE EVERYTHING FOR SOMEONE. 5Thanks & Regards,SUNIT HODAWADEKAR| JSW Steel Ltd. | MumbaiSr. System Analyst | ITOffice: + 91 22 23513000 (Board) Ext: 228+ 91 22 66208228 (Direct)Mobile: +91 9819424887---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forwarded message ----------From: Shailendra Naravane Date: Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 1:11 PMSubject: FW: 7%....To: Sudhir Vaidya