Inspiration from my notes

#frommynotes From the floor he picked up a plain stone of brownish gray and got it into his left hand. In the right hand, he held a red rubie of quite a hefty size. He asked me: "What kind of stone do you want to be, this one?" He turned his gaze into a plain gray brown stone, and raised his left hand in which he held it. "Or this one?", and looked at the red rubin he held in right hand. "They are both stones, but the first ones are plenty and nobody appreciates them, and others are rare and very highly valued." "I want to be ruby," I replied. “Then you have to shine even brighter”, Jesus replied.