Thought for the Day 7/8/2022

 Friday Tale - Acres of Diamonds 

There was a Persian farmer named Ali Hafed who sold his farm and left his family to travel the world in search of wealth. He looked everywhere but he could not find the diamonds he lusted after. Finally, alone and in despair as a homeless pauper, he ended his own life. His search for riches had consumed him. 

     In the meantime, the man who bought the land from Hafed was grateful for every blade of grass that was now his and lavished love and hard work on his farm. At night, surrounded by his family and eating the fruits of his labor, he was a contented man. 

     Finally one day he made a remarkable discovery. In the backyard that Ali Hafed had abandoned was a diamond mine – literally an acre of diamonds. The simple farmer became wealthy beyond his wildest dreams.

    Here is an extraordinary and wonderful message: within each of us lies a wellspring of abundance and the seeds of opportunity. For each of us there is a deeply personal dream waiting to be discovered and fulfilled. When we cherish our dream and then invest love, creative energy, perseverance, and passion in ourselves, we will achieve an authentic success.

    Where is your acre of diamonds? If you could do anything in the world, what would it be? Yes, that very thing right now that you believe is impossible! Would you open a store, nurture a family, write a book or become an artist?    

    We all have an acre of diamonds waiting to be discovered, cherished, and mined. We all have a place from where to begin. Let your faith soar, for your own opportunity for what you want is as close as you own backyard.

~ from Simple Abundance (amended)

 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,
where moth and rust destroy and thieves break in and steal.
BUT store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust destroys, and
where thieves do not break in and steal;
for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
~ Matthew 6:19-21