Happy and Content Farmer (Inspirational Story)
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 the Southern part of
Europe, he was emotionally, physically and financially broke. He got so
disheartened that he threw himself into an unknown 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:
- 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.
- The grass on the other side always looks greener.
- 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.
- When people don’t know how to recognize opportunity, they complain of noise when it knocks.
- 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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