Tuesday October 13, 2015

Opportunities are never lost; someone else will take the ones you miss. Think about it. What are you passing up? May you be blessed to make the most of every opportunity to come your way. Take a chance.

There was once a wise woman traveling in the mountains who found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met a traveler who was hungry, and she opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked if she might 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 only a few days later, he came back to return the stone to the woman who had given it to him. "I've been thinking," he said, "I know how valuable the stone is, but I'm giving it back in the hope that I can have something even more precious. I want what you have within that enabled you to give me the stone."

“One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, and comes to be poor.”