He began to mine his gold using only a few tools. But, finding this to be too slow and difficult, he traveled back East to interest his friends and relatives in his venture. While there, he raised enough money to buy the necessary mining equipment.
Now, with enough financial support, the man went back to his gold mine. After a period of time, his debtors were all being paid off, and he was about to become a very wealthy man. Suddenly, however, his dream collapsed. The gold mine went dry!
Disgusted, the man sold his mining equipment to a junk dealer. And, thinking the mine to be worthless, he gave the deed to the junk dealer.
The junk dealer called in a mining engineer to study the mine. The engineer finished his study and reported that only "three feet deeper" was another vein of gold. And so, the junk dealer became rich while the other man learned a costly lesson.
What a tragedy it was for this man to remain a pauper who had been just "three feet" from riches. Yet, how often do you and I find ourselves just "three feet" from reaching our goal?
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