The Man Who Always Waited to be Happy

There once was a boy who always worried about what he would do with his life and how he would make a living. There simply wasn’t time in his life to be happy. All he had time to do was plan for the future. He would tell himself, “I’ll be happy once I get a career and start making money. Then I will be happy.” He worked very hard indeed until he established himself in a good career where he was represented by many. But he wasn’t happy. He was too busy thinking about all the things he didn’t have. So he told himself, “I’ll be happy once I have a family.” And so it went on: He got married. He had kids. He had enough money to put them through school. He had grandkids…and so on. But there was always something. And in the end, he died having had a wonderful life --- yet he never took the time to appreciate it.