Once a young man came to the Master and said:
– I came to you because I feel so miserable and worthless that I don't want to live. Everyone around me says that I'm a loser, a loser and an idiot. Please, Master, help me, informs Ukr.Media.
The master, looking at the young man, hastily replied:
“I'm sorry, but I'm very busy right now and I can't help you. I need to take care of one very important matter urgently,” and after thinking for a moment, he added, “But if you agree to help me with my matter, I'll be happy to help you with yours.”
“With pleasure, Master,” he grumbled, bitterly noting that he was once again being pushed to the background.
“Okay,” said the Master, and took off a small ring with a beautiful stone from his left little finger. “Take a horse and ride to the market square! I urgently need to sell this wedding ring to pay off my debt. Try to get more for it and in no case agree to a price lower than a gold coin! Ride and come back as soon as possible!”
The young man took the wedding ring and galloped away. Arriving at the market square, he began to offer the wedding ring to the vendors, and at first they looked at his goods with interest. But as soon as they heard about the gold coin, they immediately lost all interest in the ring. Some openly laughed in his face, others simply turned away, and only one elderly vendor kindly explained to him that a gold coin was too high a price for such a ring and that they could only give a copper coin for it, or at the very least a silver one.
Hearing the old man's words, the young man was very upset, because he remembered the Master's order not to lower the price below a gold coin in any case. Having gone around the entire market and offered the ring to a good hundred people, the young man saddled his horse again and returned.
Deeply depressed by failure, he entered the Master.
“Master, I could not fulfill your order,” he said sadly. “At best, I could have gotten a couple of silver coins for the ring, but you didn't tell me to settle for less than gold! And this ring is not worth that much.”
“You have just said very important words, my son!” said the Master. “Before you try to sell the ring, it would be a good idea to establish its true value! Well, who can do that better than a jeweler? Go to the jeweler and ask him how much he will offer us for the ring. If he does not answer you, do not sell the ring, but come back to me.”
The young man mounted his horse again and went to the jeweler. The jeweler examined the ring for a long time through a magnifying glass, then weighed it on small scales and, finally, turned to the young man:
“Tell the Master that I cannot give him more than fifty-eight gold coins right now. But if he gives me time, I will buy the engagement ring for seventy, considering the urgency of the deal.”
“Seventy coins?” the young man laughed happily, thanked the jeweler, and rushed back.
“Sit here,” said the Master, after listening to the young man's lively story. And know, my son, that you are this very ring. Precious and unique! And only a true expert can evaluate you.
So why are you walking around the market expecting the first person you meet to do it?
