00:00One day, a son went to his father and asked,
00:10Father, what is the value of life?
00:13The father smiled and said,
00:16If you really want to understand the value of your life, then you have to do as I say.
00:21The son agreed.
00:23The father bought a stone and gave it to his son.
00:25He said,
00:27Son, take this stone to the market at the roadside and sit at some place.
00:31If someone asks its price, just put up two fingers.
00:35Remember, you should bring it back home.
00:38The son looked at the stone and thought,
00:41Why would anyone buy such a simple stone?
00:44Still, he went to the marketplace as his father said.
00:48He had been sitting there for some time when an old woman came up to him and asked,
00:53What is the cost of this stone?
00:55The boy didn't say anything.
00:58He just raised his two fingers as his father had told him.
01:02Seeing this, the woman said,
01:04Okay, I am ready to buy this stone for two dollars.
01:09The boy didn't sell the stone as instructed by his father and came back home.
01:14He happily told his father,
01:17A woman was ready to buy the stone for two dollars.
01:20The father smiled and said,
01:22This time, take the stone to a museum.
01:25If someone asks for its price, like before, just raise two fingers.
01:30The boy went to the museum with the stone.
01:34A person there saw the stone and asked,
01:37What is its cost?
01:39The boy didn't say anything.
01:41He simply raised two fingers.
01:43The man replied,
01:46Okay, two hundred dollars?
01:48I will buy it.
01:50The boy was surprised to learn that the stone could be worth so much.
01:54But he refused to sell it and came back home.
01:58He told his father everything.
02:00Now the father said,
02:02Take this stone to a precious stone shop.
02:05If someone asks for its price,
02:07Just raise two fingers again.
02:10The boy went to the shop.
02:12As soon as the shopkeeper saw the stone,
02:15He immediately asked,
02:16How do you have this stone?
02:18It's so rare.
02:20I want to buy it.
02:21Tell me, at what price will you sell it?
02:23The boy raised two fingers without saying anything.
02:27The shopkeeper replied with excitement,
02:30Sure.
02:31I will buy it for twenty thousand dollars.
02:34The boy can't believe it.
02:36He didn't sell the stone and rushed home to tell his father.
02:40Father!
02:42The old man at the precious stone store
02:45Wanted to give me two hundred dollars for the stone.
02:48The father smiles and says,
02:50Do you see now, son?
02:52Do you understand the value of your life?
02:55Life is all about where you put yourself.
02:58You can decide if you want to be a two dollar stone.
03:01Or a two hundred thousand dollar stone.
03:03There are some people who love you and see you as everything.
03:07The moral of this story is,
03:09Not everyone will value or appreciate you,
03:12But your life is in your hands.
03:14It's up to you to make it better.
03:17You see,
03:18It doesn't matter where you come from,
03:20Where you're born,
03:21The color of your skin,
03:23Or how much money you were born into.
03:25It matters where you decide to place yourself,
03:28The people you surround yourself with,
03:30And how you choose to carry yourself.
03:33You may have lived your whole life thinking that you were a two dollar stone.
03:37You may have lived your whole life surrounded by people that saw your worth for only two dollars.
03:42But everybody has a diamond inside them.
03:44And we can choose to surround ourselves with people that see our value,
03:49And see the diamond inside of us.
03:51We can choose to put ourselves in a market,
03:54Or put ourselves in a precious stone store.
03:57And you can also choose to see the value in other people.
04:00You can help other people see the diamond inside of them.
04:04Choose the people you surround yourself wisely.
04:07That can make all the difference in your life.
04:09That can make all the difference in your life.
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