Once there lived a farmer John
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 visited the farmer and
told about the importance of a diamond. He said, “If you have a thumb size
diamond, you could have owned your city. If you had a fist size diamond, you
could easily own your whole country.” The wise man left the farmer in the
evening.
That night the farmer couldn’t
sleep. He was unhappy because he was discontent. He was discontent because he
was unhappy. He decided to sell his farm and start searching for diamonds. He
searched whole Africa and couldn’t find anything. He searched whole Europe and
couldn’t find anything. Later he went to Spain but the result is same. He lost
his energy, money and hope. So he jumped into the Barcelona River and committed
suicide.
The person who bought the farm
from the John was preparing the ground for new crop. He found a stone which was
shining like the sun. He thought that it would be a normal stone and took it to
his home and started using it as a paperweight. One day the wise man came to
the home and saw the stone and asked, “Is John back?” The new owner said, “No,
why you ask like that?” The wise man pointing to the paperweight and said,
“Because of this. It is a diamond and I thought John brought it.”
The man said, “No, it is just a
stone which I found in my land which was sold by John.” So they both went to
the land and saw so many stones like that. They took few stones for sample and
sent them for analysis. The wise man guess is correct and the stones are
precious diamonds. They started digging the farm and found many diamonds in the
same farm which was sold by John.
MORAL: Opportunity is always
under our feet. We don’t have to go anywhere. All we need to do is to recognize
it.
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