Nian Nian You Yu

CNY Special 17

Once upon a time, in a far away land lives 2 golden carp in the Southern Seas. One fine day, they decided to venture further away and reached the Eastern Sea's Gate of Heaven and met the God of the Eastern Seas. The God of the Eastern Seas granted them the ability to talk and the intelligence above any fishes. With intellect came greed and lust.
They asked the God of the Eastern Seas, "How can we acquire happiness and reach the Paradise of Eternity."
The God of the Eastern Seas went into deep thought. Then he said, "The key to it is SWIM." And he vanished into thin air and the fishes found themselves in the middle of nowhere.
So, for the rest of their lives, they swam from the southern seas to the Mariana Ridges to the Great Man Xi Ru Reefs, from the northern ices to the Red Sea, and yet, they can't find what SWIM was all about.
They were near the end of their lives and they met the God of the ES again. "We can't find SWIM. Please, let us see it before our last breath."
God of the ES smiled. "SWIM? That's what u had been doing all your lifes."
They were enlightened and finally understood what happiness really was. And SWIM they did, freely in the boundless sea, with ups and downs which they experienced together, of companionship, trust and love, they found their happiness.
They rose to the heavens and became 2 of the 9 guardian fishes of the Heaven Gates.

Sometimes in life, in pursue of wealth, love and status, we tend to take things for granted. We are obsessed in achieving our goals but do not realize what we had missed. We would be happier if we learn to cherish everything in our everyday life, our family, our frieds, our environment, our sea, our fishes and ourselves. To enjoy life is to enjoy what we do every moment to the fullest, like how the fishes swam. No point being the richest person in the world and yet losing everything else along the way.

Happy Chinese New Year!
Nian Nian You Yu!
(in abundance every year)

CNY Special 17