Here is a wonderful story that explains you how value of life changes at different places. This will help you to understand how valuable and priceless you actually are?
A man went to God and asked ," what is the value of life" ? God gave him one stone and said," Find out the value of this stone, but don't sell it." The man 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 man apologized and said that the God has asked him not to sell it.
The man 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 man again apologized and said he can't sell it.
Further ahead he went into a jewellery shop and asked the value of stone. The jeweller saw the stone under a lens and said, " i'll give you 50 lakh for this stone." When the man shook his head, the jeweller said, alright alright take 2 crores, but give me the stone." The man explained that he can't sell the stone.
Further ahead the man saw a precious stone's shop and asked the seller the value of this stone. When the precious stone's seller saw the big ruby, he lay down a red cloth and put the ruby on it. Then he walked in circles around the ruby and bent down and touched his head in front of the ruby. " From where did you bring this priceless ruby"? He asked. " Even if I sell the whole world and my life, I won't be able to purchase this priceless stone."
Stunned and confused, the man returned to the God and told him what had happened. " Now tell me What is the value of life, God"? God said ," the answers you got from the Orange seller, Vegetable seller, the Jeweller and the precious stone's seller". They all have explained you the value of life. you may be a precious stone even priceless but people may value you based on their lavel of information, their belief in you, their motive behind entertaining you, their ambition. But don't fear you will surely find someone who will discern your true value."
In the eyes of God You are very very precious. Respect yourself. You are unique. Noone can replace you.
Respect yourself.... Don't undermine yourself.
You are Unique...... Noone can replace you.
Moral of the story: We need to be placed ourself in the correct place to get maximum value out of our life.
