The teacher, without looking at him, said:
"How sorry I am, little grasshopper. I can not help you, because I have to solve my own problem first. If you would like to help me, I could resolve the issue more quickly and then, maybe I could help you. "
"Enchanted" - hesitated the boy, although once again he felt that he was devalued again and saw his needs again postponed.
"Good", the teacher nodded. He took off a ring that he had on his left little finger and giving it to the boy, he added:
"Take the horse that is out there and ride to the market. You must sell this ring and try to get as much as possible for it, but never accept less than a gold coin. Go and return with that coin as fast as you can. "
The young man took the ring and left. As soon as he arrived, he began offering the ring to the merchants. They looked at him with some interest, until he said the price he wanted for the ring. When the young man mentioned the gold coin, some laughed, others turned around until an old man explained that a gold coin was very valuable to deliver it in exchange for the ring.
After offering the jewel to more than a hundred people and dejected by his failure, he mounted the horse and returned. He entered the room and said:
Master, I'm sorry ... I could not get what you asked for. Maybe I could get two or three silver coins, although I do not think I can fool anyone about the true value of the ring. "
"How important what you said, little grasshopper" - the teacher replied smiling. "We ought to first know the true value of the ring. Reassemble and go to the jeweler. Who better than him to know it?. Tell him you want to sell the ring and ask him how much he would give for it. Despite everything he offers you, never sell it to him. Come back here with the ring. "
The young man rode again. The jeweler examined the ring. He looked at it with a magnifying glass, he weighed it and then he said:
"Tell the teacher, if he wants to sell it now, I can not give him more than 58 gold coins".
58 coins ??? Exclaimed the young man.
"Yes" - the jeweler replied - I know that with time, we could get up to 70, but never if the sale is urgent.
The young man ran excited to the teacher's house to tell him what happened.
And saying this, he put the ring back on the little finger of his left hand.
Moraleja:
Sometimes, we evaluate people and things lightly, without knowing their true value, without giving opportunities.
Discover what you are to know what you are worth.
