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 showed 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 color 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.
