Comments on: Should The Poor Mexican Fisherman Give Up Contentment For Cash?

By: felix

felix — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 02:04:46 +0000

I personally don’t want to be like the fisherman , but close enough. It does make us think about our situation and our long journey to nothing because you don’t know if our kids going to be a reflection of you or monster.think about it. thank you

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:18:25 +0000

The tale is clearly meant to make us reflect on the richness of the fisherman’s life without money. However he is short of one important thing – choice.
The richman has a choice about fishing or not. The fisherman does it because he has to. He has no choice. It is essential to everyone to have options in their life. One of the principal causes of unhappiness is perceived lack of options.

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francisonline — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:13:18 +0000

game, set and match to the mexican fisherman.

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By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:05:07 +0000

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By: Myrko | AwakeBlogger

Myrko | AwakeBlogger — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:49:44 +0000

It seems to me as the story is specifically designed to show the absurdity of persuing success and money. It may be designed to wake people up from doing it blindly. It feels like going a bit over the edge with the statement “… then you can finally retire and live your life.”

The basic question to the fishermen would be: Are you happy? And do you feel free?

If the anser is a clear “yes”, then the answer to my question 3 commets above is also clear.

If the answer is a clear “no”, then it seems to me that there is potential development for the fishermen. Certainly not in the overemphasized way of the professor with the aim to finally retire, but to grow and release his potential and be free and happy!?

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:02:59 +0000

@Rachel, thanks for liking the story here and appreciating the message it contains.

@Jean, prudence is definitely a wise strategy to managing our finances.

@AwakeBlogger, interesting perspective that you’ve brought up about whether the fisherman is really in the Now or if he has actually made a conscious decision. As you know, there are no obvious answers to a story like this. It is meant to invoke thought and discussion.

@Andrea, what you’ve said does not apply to the American culture alone. I’m from Singapore, by the way. I should put that down in my profile (updating and inclusion of more bio long overdue).

The pursuit of materialism is apparently the case here. It is often discussed in our local papers. The majority are chasing dreams of cash, condo, country club memberships, car and credit cards (making up the 5Cs). Having the 6th C “children” is out of the equation or can be delayed, because it will hinder the acquisition of cash, condo and car.

I hope to think that as people become more spiritually aware, it is possible to change. And I do see more and more awakening in others to what abundance really means.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:25:33 +0000

Hello,

I had heard this story many times before. I am quite familiar with both types of life, the happy-with-what-you-have-living-each-day output that Colombians have on life is what makes us the happiest people on earth (this has been written in too many places, so trust me on that statement.)

In the US, where I have lived for eight years now, people seem to always be rushing and competing to get what they want. Many of them don’t know what that is. Since money is the easiest answer, that is what they decide they will strive for.

The allegory of the Mexican fisherman, which needs not to be taken so literally, basically states that we must work to live, not live to work. The complete inverse is embedded in American culture…do you think it is close to changing any time soon?