One day a young boy asked his father, “what is the
value of my life?”. Instead of answering, the father told his son, “take this
rock and go sell it at the market. If anybody asks the price, raise two fingers
and don’t say anything”, instructed the father. The boy then went to the market
and a woman asked, “How much is this rock? I want to put it in my garden”. The
boy didn’t say anything but raised up his two fingers, and the woman said “2
dollars? I will take it”. The boy went home and told his father, “a woman wants
to buy this rock for 2 dollars”. The father then said, “Son, I want you to take
this rock to a museum, if anybody wants to buy it, don’t say a word, just put
up your two fingers”. The boy then went to the museum and a man showed up
wanting to buy the rock, the boy didn’t say a word but put up 2 fingers and the
man said “$200? I will take it”. The boy was shocked, went running home and
told his father, “A man wants to buy this rock for $200”. His father then said,
“Son, the last place I want you to take this rock is to a precious stone store,
show it to the owner and don’t say a word, and if he asks the price, just raise
up your two fingers”. The son then ran to a precious stone store, he shored the
rock to the owner, “Where did you find this stone? it is one of the rarest
stones in the world, I must have it! How much would you sell it for?”. The boy
put up his two fingers and the man said “I will take it for $200,000”. The boy
not knowing what to say, ran home to his father and told him that there’s a man
that wants to buy the stone for $200,000, his father then asked, “Son, do you
know the value of your life now?”
“It matters where you decide to place yourself”
You see it doesn’t matter where you come from, where
you were born, the colour of your skin, or how much money you were born into.
It matters where you decide to place yourself, the people you surround yourself
with, and how you choose to carry yourself. You may have lived your whole life
thinking that you were a $2 stone. You may have lived your whole life
surrounded by people that saw your worth for only $2, but everybody has a
diamond inside them, and we can choose to surround ourselves with people that
see our value and see the diamond inside of us. We can choose to put ourselves
in a market or put ourselves in a precious stone store. You can also choose to
see the value in other people. You can help other people see the diamond inside
of them.
Choose the people you surround
yourself with wisely. That can make all the difference in your life.
By Sean Buranahiran
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