In a seminar, a famous orator held a $20 note in his hand before he started his opening remarks. In front of 200 people in the conference hall, he asked, “Who wants to get this note?” Quickly, many hands were raised one by one. He continued saying, “I decide to give this note to one of them, but before that, please allow me to do one thing.” Then he crumpled the note up and asked, “Who still wants it?” Still some people raised their hands. Then he said again, “If I do so, what the result will be?” He threw the note on the ground, stepped on it and grinded it with one foot. After a while he picked up the note, which became dirty and wrinkled. “Who still wants it?” but still some people raised their hands. “My dear friends, you have had a meaningful lesson. No matter how I treat the note, you still want it, for it doesn’t devalue at all. In our life, we will be knocked down, bullied or even crashed countlessly by our decisions or adversity, and we will feel we are almost nothing. But in the eyes of God, we will never lose values forever, for it thinks that we are still invaluable no matter our clothes are dirty or clean. The value of our life doesn’t lie in our behaviors or our friends, but in ourselves. Please bear in mind that we are unique in the world, even we are like ordinary stones on earth.” To be honest, after reading this short story, I have learnt much from it. When we are riding high, we will get whatever we want, and our life and career will be plain and smooth. At the moment, flowers, applause, diamonds and delicious food and wines are around us. But once we are in the deep valley of our life, we will lose many things overnight, including money, fame, power and so on. What is worse, some friends will betray and leave us. It is no deny that at the moment we will doubt ourselves and lose confidence to face catastrophic life. But once we keep calm and think carefully, we will discover that there are still some valuable friends besides us and encourage us to come back. Hence, we should especially cherish people who support us when we are in despair. Finally, do you want to know more about stones? If you do, you can pay a visit to our professional stone.
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