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There was a farmer in Africa
who was happy and content. He was happy because he was content. He was content
because he was happy.One day a wise man came to him and told him about the glory
of diamonds and the power that goes along with them. The wise man said, “If you
had a diamond the size of your thumb, you could have your own city. If you had a
diamond the size of your fist, you could probably own your own country.” And
then he went away.
That night the farmer couldn’t sleep. He was unhappy and he was discontent. He
was unhappy because he was discontent and discontent because he was unhappy. The
next morning he made arrangements to sell off his farm, took care of his family
and went in search of diamonds.
He looked all over Africa and couldn’t find any. He looked all through Europe
and couldn’t find any. When he got to Spain, he was emotionally, physically and
financially broke. He got so disheartened that he threw himself into the
Barcelona River and committed suicide.
Back home, the person who had bought his farm was watering the camels at a
stream that ran through the farm. Across the stream, the rays of the morning sun
hit a stone and made it sparkle like a rainbow. He thought it would look good on
the mantle piece. He picked up the stone and put it in the living room. That
afternoon the wise man came and saw the stone sparkling. He asked, “Is Hafiz
back?” The new owner said, “No, why do you ask?” The wise man said, “Because
that is a diamond. I recognize one when I see one.”
The man said, no, that’s just a stone I picked up from the stream. Come, I’ll
show you. There are many more.” They went and picked some samples and sent them
for analysis. Sure enough, the stones were diamonds. They found that the farm
was indeed covered with acres and acres of diamonds.
What is the moral of this story? There are five morals:
1. When our attitude
is right, we realize that we are all walking on acres and acres of diamonds.
Opportunity is always under our feet. We don’t have to go anywhere. All we need
to do is recognize it.
2. The grass on the other side always looks
greener.
3. While we are dyeing the grass on the
other side, there are others who are dyeing the grass on our side. They would be
happy to trade places with us.
4. When people don’t know how to recognize
opportunity, they complain of noise when it knocks.
5. The same opportunity never knocks
twice. The next one may be better or worse, but it is never the same one.
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