More Than Money: The Good Life Parable

[rsfeller]

It's a nice Parable but like all good parable...fisherman are seldom out for a "few hours" and would jump to catch more fish or have more boats...obviously those of us in the burbs have not been to 3rd world fishing villages...although i doubt he'd want to run a multinational fishing conglomerate in NYC...that part i can believe...

[SOCRATES012]

Truly powerful tale. Awareness is the key to abundance. We are creating a more beautiful world everytime we reach out to each other. Whatever way you can, reach out to one another. This is my message. Reconnect with yourselves and then each other.

[AlgisKemezys]

great tale

[megadivine111]

love that story

[mrluke93]

Amazing story!!!

[ZornReverb]

AMAZING! Great story, if only it were true for everyone who was born in a suburb or city and can't leave their family to get out.

[Caterpillar]

This story make me smile

[MarkAlbion57]

Me too. And hopefully leads to conversation about what is success and why we do what we do... before doing it!

[taimakthedragon]

Brilliant!

[Ainsiquenon23]

So, oh, so true...

WE forget; this system is ruining us! We forget.

[vavatten]

so beautiful.

[MarkAlbion57]

Reuben de Luna at Free Range Studios did the illustrations.

Feel free to send it around. thanks, mark

[laxhockfiendmb]

well done!

[lukex1337]

what a beautiful story, thank you!

[MarkAlbion57]

The movie's intent is not to glorify the fisherman or demonize the MBA (me!). It is meant to show two value systems and as done in the More Than Money book, give you a multi-dimensional way of measuring success, in which you choose what works for you. In fact, in the teaching note for the film, I mention that I could NEVER be the fisherman. I'd go nuts! But the point is self-awareness: how do you measure success and are you spending your life energy aligned with that.

[DescryCodes]

I love it.

Thanks for sharing

[MarkAlbion57]

Glad you enjoyed. Please sent it around to friends. Love ot hear what they think.

[DescryCodes]

Is what I liked most about it was that it makes me realize how money has control over our lives. We make ourselves sick to make money. Even at the expense of making others miserable, including ourselves just to try to find peace. Because that is what money is, our peace. The fisherman realized that. But in todays world, it means if his air condition, refigerator or his car breaks, then his family will suffer. We have to earn a living somehow, we just don't need to have millions to enjoy life.

[DescryCodes]

Unless of course the fisherman already had an MBA himself. :o)

[MarkAlbion57]

What the fisherman has is a community--friends--who will support him and his family in times of need. We tend to think "I need X money, in case this or that happens." What you need is yourself and a community in case... In my life, I have made decisions that result in making less money, but have friends and a community who when necessary are happy to support me. Does your "security" come from a stash of money or a tribe of friends and family happy to share with you and your well being? "Ubuntu..

[eichrana]

well already posted it, but it isn`t mark`s story it`s from Heirich Böll named "Anekdote zur Senkung der Arbeitsmoral" and he wrote it in 1963

[MarkAlbion57]

Thanks; explained in More Than Money footnote: I've since seen this parable in many forms to which my monthly readers have directed my attention, so it is clear that others have written similar stories. The earliest I've

found is Anekdote von der Senkung der Arbeitsmoral (Anecdote to Reduce the Work Ethic),

written in 1963 by the German Nobel Prize laureate Heinrich Böll, nearly identical but used differently. A similar tale apparently also appears in a Buddhist story and in Russian folklore.

[charliecrystle]

the point is that it's MARK's story! Pretty amazing how far it has traveled.

[charliecrystle]

great. I remember you telling this story at SVN one time. And now I'm thinking about talking a walk, consider my options

[MarkAlbion57]

if you heard the story more than 10 years ago, would love to know the source. glad you enjoyed, mark

[johnnidi]

an old mentor/friend of mine told me this parable many years ago ... i told to it to my father years after that as a way to explain the life path i was choosing ... such a simple yet powerful story ... so wonderful to see it in film form, thank you : )