The Wise Woman's Stone {Insp}

"The Wise Woman's Stone"

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. Teach
me what you have within you that enabled you to
give me this stone without a moment's hesitation."
Received on Sun Sep 9 08:01:02 2007