Ms Hardrive

Once there was a great and powerful king, who ruled many lands. His most precious treasure was a diamond –- the most flawless diamond in the world.
One day, at a royal party, the king flaunted his diamond, passing it from guest to guest as it rested on a soft velvet pillow. Abruptly, the diamond fell and became deeply scratched.
The king summoned his jewlers to correct the blemish. However, they informed him that they could not remove the blemish without cutting the surface, thus reducing the diamond's value.
Finally, a craftsman appeared and assured the king that he could fix the diamond without reducing its value. The self-confidence this artist displayed convinced the king to entrust the diamond's repair to him.
The scratch had become the stem of an exquisite rose Several days later, the artist returned with the diamond. The king was astonished to see that the ugly scratch had disappeared. In its place a beautiful rose was engraved.
The scratch had become the stem of an exquisite flower.



your moral from this story?

dhobi_bhai

Discover a bad experience once; it will remain with you forever.

The stem of that exquisite flower is an experience that we all have once in our lifetimes, or more than that. It will have effects within you that will change your outlook on how you look at a a particular life aspect.

dhobi_bhai

I was thinking about it a little more. The diamond in this case, what was once "valued" highly but is left with a face of scratched stem at the end (commercial value of the diamond is lost) the value is passed onto something else. Perhaps in actuality, the value of something does not permanently go away, it remains visible. It goes from one part of life to the next.

Blonde Baji

I agree !!!