An African farmer once heard tales of other farmers who had
made millions discovering diamond mines. These tales so excited him that he
could hardly wait to sell his farm and go prospecting for diamonds himself. So
he sold the farm and spent the rest of his life wandering the African continent
searching unsuccessfully for the gleaming gems which brought such high prices
in the markets of the world.
Finally, worn out and in a fit of despondency he threw
himself into a river and drowned. Meanwhile, back at the ranch – or farm in
this case – the man who had bought his farm happened to be crossing the small
stream on the property when suddenly there was a bright flash of blue and red
light from the stream bottom. He bent down, picked up the stone – it was a
good-sized stone – and, admiring it, later he put it on his fireplace mantle as
an interesting curiosity.
Several weeks later, a visitor picked up the stone, looked
closely at it, hefted it in his hand, and nearly fainted. He asked the farmer
if he knew what he'd found. When the farmer said no, that he thought it was a
piece of crystal, the visitor told him he had found one of the largest diamonds
ever discovered.
Well, the farmer had trouble believing that. He told the man
that his creek was full of such stones, not as large perhaps as the one on the
mantle but, well, they were sprinkled generously throughout the creek bottom.
It happened to be that the farm which the first farmer had sold so in other to
embark on his search for a diamond mine turned out to be the most productive
diamond mine on the entire African continent.
The first farmer had owned, free and clear, acres of
diamonds, but had sold them for practically nothing in order to look for them
elsewhere. Before we go running off to what we think are greener pastures,
let's make sure that our own is not just as green but perhaps even greener.
It's been said that if the other guy's pasture appears to be greener than ours,
it's quite possible that it's getting better care. Besides, while we're looking
at other pastures, other people are looking at ours. OUR MINDS ARE OUR RICHEST
RESOURCES!
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Embrace,
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three Types of Passion -
- Understanding Why You Act the Way You Do.
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