Our Story

There was once a wealthy man who lived not far from the Nile River. “He was joyous because he was wealthy, and wealthy because he was joyous.” One day a neighbor visited and told him about diamonds and the mining fields found close by.

After he heard all about diamonds, and how much they were worth, he went to his bed that night a poor man. He had not lost anything, but he was poor because he was dissatisfied, and dissatisfied because he feared he was poor.

He sold his farm, left his family, and traveled far and wide searching for diamonds. He did not find them. His health and his wealth failed him. Joyless, he cast himself into the sea.

One day, the man who had purchased his farm found a curious sparkling stone in a stream that cut through his land. It was a diamond. Digging and mining produced more diamonds-acres of diamonds, in fact. This, according to the tale, was the discovery of the famed diamond Star of Africa.

The point of the story is that we often dream of fortunes to be made elsewhere. We ought instead to be open to the opportunities that are around us.