I was raised in Kenya, Africa.  We Africans are known for our folklore as method of teaching and passing down history.  A story was told me of an African farmer (lived in West Africa I believe).  This African farmer heard tales from distant lands of the fortunes made by other farmers who had discovered diamond mines!  We all know that Africa is the largest repository of diamond, but more on that later! These tales stirred in him passion and desire and the farmer worked himself into a frenzy.  He determined to sell his farm to raise the capital that would allow him to go prospecting for diamonds and secure his fortune!  He did indeed sell his farm and spent the rest of his life in search of the elusive diamonds!  He wandered the vast African continent, never realizing his dreams of acres of diamond.  Finally, down trodden, worn out and abject, and in a fit of despondency, he drowned himself in a river! I venture to guess the Nile River.

The universe, God, the powers that be do have a sense of humor.  Meanwhile, back at the farm (now you know from whence the pharse originated) the new owner of the farm, while surveying the land, happened upon a stream on his piece of land.  Upon crossing the stream he was hit square in the eye by a flash of light so bright from the bottom of the stream. when suddenly there was a bright flash of blue and red light from the stream bottom. He bent down and picked up a stone.  He took it home and used it as a decorative item, a home accent you might call it.

Many weeks later, a visitor well versed in rare stones and gems, picked up what was to the owner of the farm a mere item of curiosity and practically lost his footing. He questiond the farmer, and it quickly became apparent that the farmer did not know the fortune that he had stumbled upon. The farmer unbeknownst to himself had discovered one of the largest diamonds known to man.  He continued to inform the the visitor that in the stream were similar stones, albeit of a smaller size!

Isn’t it ironic?  A little too ironic to borrow the phrase from Alanis Morrissette.  The first farmer sold his farm in his quest to find diamonds, traveled the continent only to take his own life.  He had owned, diamonds, and acres of them!  He sold his farm for nothing and in the end found himself with nothing!

Bottom line: the grass is always greener in someone elses field because it is probably being tended to regularly and unfailingly!
1.  As a home party plan consultant, you are at this very moment, standing in the middle of our own acres of diamonds.

2. Have the wisdom and patience to intelligently and effectively explore the home party business in which you are now engaged.

3. In order to increase home party plan sales, explore yourselves.  You will most likely we would most likely find the riches you seek, whether they be financial or intangible or both in you.  As Jim Rohn says in The lesson of the seasons, when you work hard on yourself, you will make a fortune!

4. Before you go running off to what you think are greener pastures, make sure that your own is not just as green or perhaps even greener.  Besides, while you’re looking at other pastures, other people are looking at yours.