What is the value of my life?
The Rock Story
“What is the value of my life?” a young girl asked her father.
Instead of answering, the father told his daughter, “Take this rock and go sell it in the street market. If anybody asks about the price, just raise two fingers and don’t say anything.”
The girl went to the market and a woman asked, “How much is this rock? It would look so beautiful in my garden.” The girl didn’t say anything but raised up two fingers, and the woman said: “Two dollars? I’ll take it.”
The girl rushed home and told her father about the woman wanting to buy the rock for two dollars. “Now, I want you to take this rock to a museum and if anybody wants to buy it don’t say a word and just raise two fingers”, the father told her.
The girl went to the museum and a man asked her about the rock and how much it was. The girl just put up her two fingers. “Two hundred dollars? I’ll take it”, the man said.
The girl, shocked and excited, rushed home to tell her father. “A man at the museum wants to buy my rock for two hundred dollars!!” she exclaimed. “Excellent!”, said the father. “Now take the rock to a precious stones store and show it to the owner but again, don’t say a word, and if asked about the price just put up two fingers.”
The girl went to a precious stones store and showed the rock to the owner. “Oh, my goodness!”, said the store owner. “Where did you find this stone? It is an extremely rare stone. I must have it! How much would you sell it for?” The girl simply raised two fingers. “Twenty thousand dollars? I’ll take it!” said the store owner.
Running excitedly into her house, the girl shouted, “Father, the precious stones store owner wants to buy my rock for twenty thousand dollars!”
“My dear daughter, do you know the value of your life now? You see, it doesn’t matter where you come from, where you are born, the color of your skin, or how much money you were born into. It only matters where you decide to place yourself, the people you surround yourself with, and how you choose to carry yourself.”
“When surrounding yourself by people that see your worth for only two dollars, you may spend your whole life thinking that you are a two dollar stone.”
“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 street market or in a precious stones store. We also can choose to see the value of others and help them to see the diamond inside of them.”
Choose the people you surround yourself with wisely.
That will make all the difference in your life.
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