A little boy went to his old grandpa and asked,
"What's the value of life?"
The grandpa gave him one stone and said,
"Find out the value of this stone, but don't sell it."
The boy took
the stone to an Orange Seller and asked him what its cost would be.
The Orange
Seller saw the shiny stone and said, "You can take 12 oranges and give me
the stone."
The boy apologised and said that the grandpa has asked him not
to sell it.
He went ahead and found a vegetable seller. "What could be the
value of this stone?" he asked the vegetable seller.
The seller saw the
shiny stone and said, "Take one sack of potatoes and give me the
stone."
The boy again apologised and said he can't sell it.
Further ahead,
he went into a jewellery shop and asked the value of the stone.
The jeweller saw
the stone under a lens and said, "I'll give you 1 million for this
stone."
When the boy shook his head, the jeweller said, "Alright,
alright, take 2 24karat gold necklaces, but give me the stone."
The boy
explained that he can't sell the stone.
Further ahead, the boy saw a precious
stone's shop and asked the seller the value of this stone.
"Even if I sell the whole world, and my life, I
won't be able to purchase this priceless stone."
Stunned and confused, the
boy returned to the grandpa and told him what had happened.
"Now tell me
what is the value of life, grandpa?"
Grandpa said, "The answers you
got from the Orange Seller, the Vegetable Seller, the Jeweler & the Precious
Stone's Seller explain the value of our life... You may be a precious stone,
even priceless, but, people will value you based on their status, their
character, their level of information, their belief in you, their motive behind
entertaining you, their ambition, and their risk taking ability. But don't
fear, you will surely find someone who will discern your true value."
Respect yourself. Don't sell yourself cheap. You are Unique. No one can replace
you!
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