Once a rich man went to see a saint who was known to be a source of knowledge. He told him his dilemma. He was rich and had moral values but did not know how to be happy. The saint asked him to juggle three balls, one made of ceramic, one of glass and one of rubber.

The man started going as instructed. Eventually, he lost coordination and the ceramic ball was about to fall. The man quickly dropped the rubber ball and caught the ceramic ball.

The saint asked him why he did that. The man answered that the rubber ball wouldn’t break but had the ceramic ball fallen, it would have broken. The saint told him that the balls represent priorities in life.

The ceramic ball represents family and friends, the glass ball represents the necessities in life such as a job, house and food and the rubber ball represents luxury. Till now, the man had been dropping the ceramic ball and that was the reason for his unhappiness.

The saint told him that we can only juggle a limited number of balls. So, when the need comes, to be truly happy, we should drop our luxuries and focus on our dear ones and our basic necessities.

This story served as a big source of knowledge for me as it made me to stop and think which ball I have been saving and if it was making me truly happy.

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