Value Of Life
Once a man went to Guru Nanak and asked him the value of life. Guru Nanak gave him a stone and told him to find its value from various people without selling it. The man went to people around him and asked them the value of the stone. A vegetable vendor offered him one sack of potatoes, a fruit seller was ready to exchange one dozen oranges, a jeweller was okay to give him thousands of rupees; and the person selling precious stones said that the stone was precious and invaluable. The man was confused and went back to Guru Nanak and again asked him the value of life. He said, “ These answers explain the value of our life… You may be a precious stone, even priceless, but people will value you based on their capacity, their experience with you, belief in you, their interest to deal with you.” I found this story very interesting and pondered upon it. Recently the frequency of news about children getting into frustration, anxiety, depression and harming their life