Once a group of 500 people were attending a seminar. Suddenly the speaker stopped and decided to do a group activity. He started giving each person a balloon. Each person was then asked to write their name on it using a marker pen. Then all the balloons were collected and put in another room.
The people were then let into that room and asked to find the balloon which had their name written on it within 5 minutes. Everyone was frantically searching for their name, colliding with each other, pushing around others and there was utter chaos.
At the end of 5 minutes no one could find their own balloon.
Then, the speaker asked each person to randomly collect a balloon and give it to the person whose name was written on it. Within minutes everyone had their own balloon.
The speaker then began, "This is happening in our lives. Everyone is frantically looking for happiness all around, not knowing where it is.
Our happiness lies in the happiness of other people. Give them their happiness; you will get your own happiness. And this is the purpose of human life...the pursuit of happiness."
EDIT:
The source we got the post from used this picture. Turns out it's an art exhibition in Dallas. Check out Martin Creed's exhibition from 2011 here... http://www.nashersculpturecenter.org/art/exhibitions/exhibit…
(Sort of reminds me of something we used to do with balloons. Everyone would tie a balloon to their ankle and then we would say that anyone without a popped ballon at the end of 3 minutes would win a prize. Everyone would run around trying to pop each other's balloon. At the end of 3 minutes we would say, "Why did you pop each other's balloons?" They would respond, "Because you said who ever had a balloon at the end would win." We would say, "Exactly, anyone who had a ballon at the end of the exercise would win - we never said to pop the other guy's balloon. We all could have won." It was a fun thing to do and watch.)
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