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."