Stories of Wisdom - Entertaining and Enlightening Stories

Inspiring entertaining and enlightening stories of wisdom from cultures all around the world. Enjoy and get inspired!

Precious Gift

December 1st 2006 14:20

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 traveler saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him.

She did so without hesitation.

The traveler left rejoicing in his good fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime. 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 this 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 this stone."

Sometimes it's not the wealth you have but what's inside you that others need.

Unknown author : www.experiencefestival.com

Image Source: deviantart

Vote

Add To:

subscribe to this blog by email

follow this blog on Orble

start your own blog

[ Link ]

Related Posts:

Relate This Post

Anyone can: Post to this Blog - Click Here

Recent Posts:
      A Simple Gesture
      Which Are You? Carrot, Egg, and Coffee
      The Stone Soup
      Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson
      Gift of Insults
      Crutches
      The coackroach that never came out
      A Blue Ribbon to Make a Difference
      Teddy Stoddard Story
      And A Meadow Lark Sang
      The Real Talent
      Love Never Dies
      The Beautiful Flower In The Broken Pot
      Great Waves of the Mind
      You are a DOG
      One Glass of Milk
      Nashruddin's Flower Garden
      Rich Or Poor - How Rich Are You?
      Heaven and Hell, The Real Difference
      Who Is There?

[ Previous - Physical Judgement ]

[ Next - Signals ]

Comments

3 Comments. [ Add A Comment ]

Comment by WeR1Family

December 1st 2006 14:43

Stories of Wisdom
Lone - My Life and Thoughts

What a great LOVE and a great UN-ATTACHMENT! The woman must be living happy life ever after!
The more things that we are attached to, the more sufferings(hardships, pain, efforts) that we will gain 'before', 'during', and 'after'.

Comment by Adrian

December 1st 2006 17:13

Philosophy Blog

Another great story.

But was her generosity or unattachment something that the wise woman could give?

Comment by WeR1Family

December 2nd 2006 12:39

Stories of Wisdom
Lone - My Life and Thoughts

Wisdom, generosity, unattachment and others are not something that we can give to others even though we want to, but we can manifest them in real life so that we can influence others to realize wisdom, generosity, unattachment, etc by themselves and for themselves through their own experience.

[ Previous - Physical Judgement ]

[ Next - Signals ]

Add A Comment

To create a fully formatted comment please click here.

CLICK HERE TO LOGIN | CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Name or Orble Tag

Home Page (optional)

Comments

Notify me of replies

Notify extra people about this comment

Is this a private comment?

List the Email Addresses or Orble Tags of the people you would like to be notified about this comment

One per line max of 30

List the Email Addresses or Orble Tags of the people you would like to be notified about this private comment thread. Only the people in this list will be able to see or reply to your comment.

One per line max of 30

Your Name
(for the email going out to the above list, it can be different to your Orble Tag)

Your Email Address

(optional)

(required for reply notification)

Submit

February 2010

2 Posts

January 2010

2 Posts

November 2009

1 Posts