Diamonds.

There was a man who was obsessed with diamonds. He was so obsessed with diamonds that he planted numerous crops on his acres of land, that stretched far and wide. He would then sell off all his harvested crops in order to acquire diamonds. However, the acres of land that he had, were barren land, and no matter how big the investment was, the land never seem to produce good crops. In desperation, he sold off his land to fuel his addiction with diamonds. Unknown to him, there were diamonds hidden beneath his land, which the new owner took advantage of and made a fortune.

We're all like this man. We search and seek something that we want so much, be it fame or fortune or love or simply to be understood. Yet what we so eagerly desire is already there in us, hidden and waiting to be discovered and used as of its purpose.

We always comment on how the other person has something we don't have like "That person is so sensitive. How I wish I can be more like her" or "That guy is so cool. If only I was as cool as him"

However we rarely realise that what we have in us is so much better than what we envy in the other people.

Don't be like the foolish man who sold all his land for something that he actually had right under his nose! Take a look within yourself and mine out the diamonds - the precious and rare gems - in you.