WHAT YOU HAVE WITHIN YOU A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did so without hesitation. The traveler left, rejoicing his good fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a life time. But a few days later, he came back to return the stone to the wise woman. “I’ve been thinking,” he said “ I know how valuable the stone is, but I give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious: Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me the stone.

WHAT YOU HAVE WITHIN YOU

A wise woman who was travelling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day

she met another traveller who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did so without hesitation.

The traveller left, rejoicing his good fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a life time. But a few days later, he came back to return the stone to the wise woman.

“I’ve been thinking,” he said “ I know how valuable the stone is, but I give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious: Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me the stone.