Acres of Diamonds

January 25, 2008 by Stephen Palmer · Leave a Comment 

Have you ever heard the fable about the unhappy Arab farmer who, after inheriting the family farm, longed for riches and a more glamorous way of life? Feeling sorry for himself, he sold his land to a neighbor at a bargain price and headed for Europe. Years later, after wasting his funds and not finding the glamorous lifestyle of his dreams, he returned to his birthplace to find his former neighbor living like a sultan. Flabbergasted, he asked how such riches were possible. “Simple,” said his former neighbor, “I discovered ‘Acres of Diamonds’ on the land you sold me.” His unseen fortune was at his feet.

Every one of us has “diamonds” and “gold” just waiting to be discovered inside of us. We can spend our lives looking for fortune and security outside of ourselves, but this is not where it can be found. It is inside of us. It is our ability to think and to choose. It is our commitment to self-reliance.

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The Power of Purging

January 24, 2008 by Stephen Palmer · Leave a Comment 

The formula for creating wealth is simple: Inventory all of your resources and, if you’re not utilizing them, then begin to use them to productively, or give them to someone who will use them. I define the productive use of resources as using them to fill human needs and desires. In other words, figure out what people want and give it to them.

The Universe does not give us what we think we want; it gives us what we are. We are living magnets that attract in our physical world what we are mentally and spiritually. A person who hoards and accumulates resources will not be given more, for that person shows the Universe that their capacity for utilizing resources has been maximized. On the other hand, a person who gives freely will receive freely. Accumulators are stagnant ponds with no outlet; utilizers are vibrant, fertile, and free- flowing rivers. Resources flow to the one, while flowing through the other.

We as Americans have been so abundantly blessed from our birth that we almost don’t even need to try to accumulate resources. The poorest among us are still much more wealthy than most of the world. Think about it for a minute: We have nicer homes for our cars than most people have for their families. We arrive at a state where many of us who are not living according to an abundant paradigm are still enjoying the fruits of abundance.

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