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The Challenge of Adapting to Constant Change
Once a king said to the wise men of the court that he wanted to order a diamond ring, and he wanted to keep inside the ring a message that could help in times of despair. It had to be a short message so that he could leave it under the stone. His wise men were great scholars and they thought and looked in their books, but they could not find anything.
The king had an old servant who had also been a servant of his father. The king felt respect for the elder and asked him about the ring and message. This old man said he knew a message that had been given once. The man wrote it in a small roll, folded it, and passed it to the king saying, “Do not read it. Keep it hidden in the ring. Open it for the ...
