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“But I have not found any other nuggets
since I last saw you,” said the prospector,
“I already gave you all I had.”
“I have come for something far greater
than a gold nugget,” said the man.
good and bad. But I was not happy. Well,
maybe I was happy for a while, but it
faded. I was constantly worrying and in
fear of losing it.
“But you—you gave up your most prized
possession and then came back to the
Puzzled, the ‘ol prospector queried, “Well mountains to work again while I stayed
then, what is it you want?”
in town, living the so-called high-life.
Why did you give me the nugget? I beg
“You see, it’s like this. When I talked you of you—give me a truthful answer.”
into giving me all that gold, I thought I
would never see an unhappy day again,
The prospector thought about it and said,
the rest my life. I thought it would buy
“Because you seemed like you needed
me prestige and happiness. I showed it
it more than me and something inside
around town. Folks wanted to be around told me to do so. It seemed to be of great
me, buy me drinks. Some asked for
importance for you to be a rich man. It
money, others tried to con me out of
made me feel good to see you so happy.
it. It brought me much attention, both
In the mean time, I have what I need.
“And, I figured with a little hard work
and perseverance, I’d get another one.
But that is not so important because
I love what I do. For me, the search is
as much fun as the find. I know that
money in the bank does not ultimately
determine how happy I am. I am
happy every day just living the life
I love.”
“That is exactly the kind treasure I now
seek,” said the man. “I want to know
how to be the kind of person who can
be happy giving away his things to those
who need them more than he does. I
want to be happy no matter the size of
my bank account. I want to be happy in
my every day pursuits, not depending
upon some future ‘prize’ to ‘hopefully’
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