How to increase your value
Once upon a time, a man went to Gautam Buddha and asked oh Lord ! please tell me what is the worth of human life?
Gautam Buddha smiled and gave him a shining Stone and said first go and find the birth of the Stone. Go to each and every different shop in the market and tell them that you want to sell this Stone but remember one thing, in any case don’t sell this stone. The man got puzzled with Buddha’s reply but without saying anything he took the stone and went to the market.
First he went to an orange seller and asked him about the worth of the Stone. Orange seller took the stone in hand looked it and replied I will give a dozen of oranges for the stone.
The man took that stone back and went to a vegetable vendor and asked him the same question. The vendor also took the stone in hand looked at it and said take a sack of potatoes and leave this shining Stone.
The man was still not satisfied with all these answers, so he kept going on next. He went to a Goldsmith and showed him the stone. Goldsmith was amazed by the shine of the Stone and said sell me the stone for 1 lakh gold coins. The man was surprised to hear this offer, but he refused this offer. The Goldsmith then got ready to pay him 5 lakh gold coins. The man said my teacher has told me not to sell this Stone to anyone.
Finally, the man went to a diamond Merchant and showed in the Stone. When Diamond Merchant saw this beautiful and Shining Stone he could not believe his eyes he was mesmerized by the beauty of the Stone. The diamond Merchant firstly down a red velvet cloth and then placed that stone on it and bowed before it then he asked the man where did you find this precious stone. Then he said even after selling the whole world we cannot estimate the worth of this Ruby Stone. This is priceless and invaluable.
The man got puzzled with the variety of the experience he just had with different people and went straight back to Lord Buddha then he narrated his story to Buddha and asked him. Lord please tell me now what is the worth of human life Buddha smiled and replied you see my friend the orange seller quoted 12 oranges for the stone vegetable, vendor said one sack of potatoes, Goldsmith valued the stone at 5 lakh gold coins and finally the diamond Merchant said that this stone is invaluable the same is true for human life.
In fact you are a gem but people around you will value you according to their status, knowledge and capacity. But do not worry as this word will also identify and find your true value one day.
