Precious

photo courtesy of Steve McCurry

“What is the most precious of all that ever came out of the mine?” a teacher once asked his students.

“Coal!” answered one student.

“No, it’s diamonds!” said another.

“Surely, it has to be gold.”

The students continued to name other valuable minerals and debate among themselves before, finally, the teacher spoke and told them:

“None of you got it right. The most precious of all that ever came out of the mine was the miner.” 


Reference/s:
Wirt, Sherwood Eliot (1968). The Social Conscience of the Evangelical. Harper & Row.