ACRES OF DIAMONDS
( Passage 15 marks )
Hafiz 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 buy your own city. If you had a diamond the size of your fist, you could probably own your own country." And then the wise man left. That night,Hafiz couldn't sleep. He was unhappy and he was discon-tented. He was unhappy because he was discontented and discontented because he was unhappy The next morning Hafiz made arrangements to sell his farm, took care of his family, and went off in search of dia-monds. He looked all over Africa and couldn't find any. He looked all through Europe and couldn't find any. By the time he got to Spain, he was emotionally, physically, and finan-cially depleted. He was so disheartened that he committed Suicide by throwing himself into the Barcelona River. Back home, the person who had bought his farm was watering the camels at the stream that ran through the property. Across the stream, the rays of the morning sun hit a stone and made it sparkle like a rainbow. He thought the stone would look good in his living room. He picked up the stone and put it on his mantle piece. 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 wiseman said, "Because that is a diamond. I recognize one when I see one." The man said, "No, that's just a stone I picked uniform the stream. Come 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 of diamonds.
1.What is the moral of this story?
2.Why was hafiz?
3.Why he wants diamonds
DAVID AND GOLIATH
We all know the Biblical story of David and Goliath. Goliath was a giant of a man. He struck fear in everyone's heart. One day, a 17-year-old shepherd boy came to visit his brothers and asked. "Why don't you stand up and fight the giant?" The brothers were terified of Goliath and they replied. "Don't you see he is too big to hit?" But David said, "No, he is not too big to hit, he is too big to miss." The rest is history. We all know what happened. David killed the giant with the slingshot.Same giant, different perceptions.Our attitude determines how we look at a setback.To a positive thinker, attitude can be a stepping-stone to success. To a negative thinker, it can be a stumbling block. Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich, as well as many others have said that every problem comes with an equal or greater opportunity.
What's the moral of the story ?
LOOK FOR THE GOLD
Andrew Carnegie came to America fromScotland as a young boy. He started out by doing odd jobs and ended up as one of the largest steel manufacturers in United States. At one time, he had 43 millionaires working for him. A million dollars is a lot of money today, but in the 1920s it was worth much more. Someone once asked Mr. Carnegie how he dealt with people. Andrew Carnegie replied, "Dealing with people is a lot like digging for gold: When you go digging for an ounce of gold you have to move tons of dirt. But when you go digging, you don't go looking for the dirt, you go looking for the gold."
Andrew Carnegie's reply has a very important message.Though sometimes it may not be apparent there is something positive in every person and every situation. We have to dig deep to look for the positive.