not good enough???

In a small town, a little boy collected a heap of stones, all of different sizes, colours and shapes. He wanted to use them as paper weights.

Of all the stones, there was one big, granite stone that was quite heavy. Its weight qualified it to serve as an excellent paper weight. But it had very sharp edges that tore many a paper. There was another one, a brick, very heavy too and had no sharp edges. But when it got wet from the moisture when it rained outside, the brick soiled the papers. there was another stone, was very smooth and rounded, of medium size, It did a fairly good job, but due to its smoothness, an accidental touch or push would roll down the stone. There was one marble stone, which had a really pleasant tone and a moderate size. There were some more stones of large, moderate and small sizes, some being broken pieces of tiles, some decorative stones discarded from households. The smallest of them all was a stone that was somewhat geometric in shape and crystalline in nature.

The larger and moderate sized stones received better treatment from their master for being better paper weights while the smaller stones and the ones that could damage the paper was mostly overlooked and almost always unnoticed. But they yearned to be appreciated by their master, who always did that to their peers with more favorable sizes.

One day, the boy decided to throw off all the stones that did not serve his purpose. The stones to be discarded were deeply pained at their master's decision and their inability to win his appreciation. The big granite stone, the brick, the smooth stones, the little crystalline stone were mercilessly thrown out.

The stones lay there helplessly, in despair at their own unworthiness. One day, a mason passed that way and spotted the granite stone and the brick. He examined them carefully and thought they would make good candidates for construction, owing to their strength and has taken them along with him. The stones were happy to get a new master who valued them for what they are.

Another day, a small kid passing the same way was fascinated by the smooth, round stone. The stone seemed to be a good playmate for the kid. This stone was happy too, it got a master who dearly loved it and played with it.

The little crystalline stone now felt very lonely and insignificant as the days passed by and no one has taken any notice of it. The dejection and feeling of being unwanted haunted it all through. Finally, it declared its unworthiness to itself and became desensitised to all emotions and lay there bereft of life.

The very next moment, a learned geologist, passing that way took notice of this "small" stone, examined it and was awed! He found that this is a rare diamond with excellent refractive index! It shone brilliantly even with a single ray hat fell on it. The geologist thanked his fortune to have found this stone and handed it to a nearby museum, which gifted him handsomely for the contribution.

The diamond became the main attraction of the museum now. A couple of security guards were appointed specially to safeguard the attraction of the museum!!!

Spare a moment and think, is a "comparatively smaller stone" - the diamond useless because it cannot be a good paper weight?????