This inspiring story will change your life and will teach you the best lesson of your life…
One day a young boy asked his father, “What is the value of my life?”
Instead of answering the father told his son to take a rock and go sell it at a market.
“If anybody asks the price, raise two fingers and don’t say anything.”
So the boy 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 and raised up two fingers. The woman said “Two dollars, I’ll take it”.
The boy went home and told his father: “a woman wants to buy this rock for two dollars!”
The father then said: ” Son I want you to take this rock to the museum. If anybody wants to buy it, don’t say a word and just put up two fingers.”
The boy then went to the museum and a man wanted wanted to buy the rock. The boy didn’t say a word and put up two fingers. And the man said: “200 dollars? I’ll take it!”
The boy was shocked and went running home. “Father, a man wants to buy this rock for 200 dollars!”
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 put up two fingers.”
The son then went to a precious stone store. He showed the rock to the owner. “Where did you find this stone? Its one of the rarest stones in the world. I must have it! How much would you sell it for?”
The boy put up two fingers and the man said: “ 200,000 dollars? I’ll take it!”
The boy not knowing what to say ran home to his father: “Father, there is a man that wants to buy the rock for 200,000 dollars!”
His father then said: “Son, do you know the value of your life now?”
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You see it doesn’t matter where you come from, where you were born, the color of your skin or how much money you were born into… it matters where you decide to place yourself, the people you choose to surround yourself with and how you choose to carry yourself.
You may have lived your whole life thinking you were a two dollar stone.
You may have lived your whole life surrounded by people that saw your worth only for two dollars.
But everybody has a rare treasure inside of them. So you can choose to surround yourself with people that see your value and the treasure inside of you. You can choose to position yourself in a market or put yourself in a precious stone store.
You can also choose to see the value in other people. You can help other people see the treasure they carry inside of them.
Choose wisely… that can make all the difference in your life💎
