Give Happiness = Get Happiness

To participate in a group activity, 300 children of a school gathered in a hall. The hall had 300 balloons on which the names of the children who entered the hall were encrypted. The balloons were randomly laid on the floor. The instructor entered the hall and said, “Children, this hall has a balloon for each one of you. The task for you is to ‘find out and pick up the balloon that has your name written on it’. The time limit is 15 minutes.

          The activity began………….

          5 minutes…. 10 minutes…… 15 minutes…. and time up!

          Ah! 99% of the children failed to complete the task. All of them stood with disappointment on their faces.

  Instructor: Don’t be disheartened, kids. Let us do the task again, but with a slight modification. ‘Pick up any balloon. Call the name of your friend whose name is there on the balloon. Hand over the balloon to him/her’.

          This time also the time limit is 15 minutes.

The activity began again.

Wow! Within 5 minutes all children were standing with their respective balloons.

The instructor then addressed the children and said, “Dear kids! This activity demonstrates the golden rule of happiness. When you try to seek happiness just for yourself, the chances of getting it are very bleak. But when you give happiness to other, it boomerangs upon you! Therefore, remember the golden rule: “Give happiness = Get happiness”!