Moral Lesson for Today

There was a farmer in Africa who was happy andcontent. 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 alongwith them. The wise man said, "If you had a
diamond the sizeof your thumb, you could have your own city. If you
had a diamond the size of your fist, youcould 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 h
e made arrangements to sell off his farm, took care of his family and
went in search of diamonds.
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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.
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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
Hafizback?"
The new owner said, "No, why do you ask?" The wise man said,
"Because that is a diamond. I recognize one whenI see one."
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The man said, no, that's just a stone I picked up from the stream.
Come, I'll show you. Thereare many more." They went and picked some
samples and sent them for analysis. Sure enough, the stones were
diamonds. They found that the farmwas 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
placeswith us.
4. When people don't know how to recognizeopport ­­unity, they
complain of noise when it knocks.
5. The same opportunity never knocks twice. Thenext one may be better
or worse, but it isnever the same one.