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One day a young boy asked his father what is the value of his life, instead of answering the father told his on to take this rock and go to sell in the market, if anybody asks the price raise two fingers and don't say anything, the boy then went to the market and a woman asked : how much is this rock?  I want to put in my garden, the boy didn't say anything and raise up two fingers and the woman said two dollars? I will take it!  and the boy went home and told his father a woman wants to buy rock for two 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 two fingers , and men wants to buy the rock, the boy did not say anything and put up two fingers,  and the men said : 200 dollars?  I'll take it. The boy was shocked and went raning home,  father,  a men 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 precious stone store, show it to owner and didn't say a word and if he asks the price, just put up two fingers, the son went then to precious stone store, he showed the rock to the owner,  where did you find this stone??  It's one of the most stones of the world, I must have it?how much would you sell it for?  The boy put up two fingers, and the man said : I'll take it for 200 000 dollars, the boy not knowing what to say ran home to his father,  there is a man who wants To buy the rock for 200 000 dollares,his father then said, son do you know the value of your life now, 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 matter 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 you where a two dollars stone, you may have lived your whole life, surrounded by people that saw your worth only two dollars, but everybody has a diamond inside of them, and we can choose to surround ourselves with people that see our diamond inside of us,  we can choose to put ourselves in a market, or put ourselves in a precious stones store!  And you you can also choose to see the value in other people , you can help people,  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.

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⏰ Last updated: Jul 15, 2018 ⏰

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