Dig a Little Deeper
There's a story about the California gold rush that tells of
two brothers who sold all they had and went prospecting for gold. They
discovered a vein of the shining ore, staked a claim, and proceeded to get down
to the serious business of getting the gold ore out of the mine. All went well
at first, but then a strange thing happened. The vein of gold ore disappeared!
They had come to the end of the rainbow, and the pot of gold was no longer
there. The brothers continued to pick away, but without success. Finally, they
gave up in disgust.
They sold their equipment and claim rights for a few hundred dollars, and took
the train back home. Now the man who bought the claim hired an engineer to
examine the rock strata of the mine. The engineer advised him to continue
digging in the same spot where the former owners had left off. And three feet
deeper, the new owner struck gold.
A little more persistence and the two brothers would have been millionaires
themselves.
What might you find for yourself if you dug three feet deeper?
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