"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 the stone is, but I give it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious. Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me the stone."

- Author Unknown

I came across this story in the midst of studying for psychology (I keep wandering off, doing other things, like Googling whatever comes to mind... I've got to stop that) and the story made me think in a way that learning the pathway of how visual information travels through ganglion nerves have not. So I thought I'd share it as a bit of a breather :)