The Fish Story

[rajnish manga]

The Fish Story
Courtsey: Mr. Prem Sarup

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The Japanese have always loved fresh fish

But the water close to Japan has not held many fish for decades.

So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever.

The further the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring the fish

If the return trip took more time, the fish were not fresh.

To solve this problem, fish companies installed freezers on their boats.

They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea.

Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer.

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The Fish Story

However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen fish and they did not like the taste of frozen fish

The frozen fish brought a lower price.

So, fishing companies installed fish tanks.

They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin.

After a little thrashing around, they were tired, dull, and lost their fresh-fish taste.

The fishing industry faced an impending crisis!

But today, they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan.

How did they manage...?

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The Fish Story

To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks but with a small shark

The fish are challenged and hence are constantly on the move.

The challenge they face keeps them alive and fresh!

Have you realized that some of us are also living in a pond but most of the time tired and dull....?

Basically in our lives, sharks are new challenges to keep us active.

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The Fish Story

If you are steadily conquering challenges, you are happy.

Your challenges keep you energized.

Don’t create Success and revel in it in a state of inertia.

You have the resources, skills and abilities to make a difference.

Put a shark in your tank this year and see how far you can really go....

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The Fish Story
A reader's note

"The Fish Story" gets more and more curious as we move from one line to the other and, finally, its valuable lesson comes to fore, that the challenges in life keep us filled with energy. It is certainly true that if we don't have any challenges in our life, we become inert and sluggish which makes us physically and mentally incapable of achieving anything. We need to have some worthy objective to achieve, may it be staying physically healthy, financially sound, mentally agile and spiritually pious etc, and should honestly strive to accomplish the same.

At the same time, we should not fail to appreciate the ingenuity of the Japanese.

[soni pushpa]

..... very tru .