Thursday, April 1, 2021

Precious


A 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 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 food 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 such a high-value stone.



We often look for learning inside the child. Perhaps we should look for something more precious, the ability to think, to learn, to create. Let's look for the preciousness inside the self-directed learner, starting 6th April.

Let's look for the preciousness inside the self-directed learner, starting 6th April. Time - 9-10:30pm (India Time); 7:30-9pm(UAE time) 

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