Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.

Today I have a beautiful ASOP Fable to read to you.

And this is one that's a bit more well known.

You've probably heard this or variations of this in different kind of conversation,

sometimes even in scriptures, in different speeches, in Instagram posts.

There are versions of this.

It's so interesting.

If you look at modern literature, so much is derived from old literature, old stories, parables,

fables, tales. This one, my friends, is

the cock and the jewel. You know it? It's nice and short. A cock, scratching for food for himself

and his hens, found a precious stone, on which he said, if your owner had found thee, and not I,

he would have taken thee up and have set thee in thy first estate, but I have found thee for no

purpose. I would rather have one barley corn than all the jewels in the world.

Moral of this story, what is of great value or luxury to someone else, maybe of complete

worthlessness to somebody else, right?

It's kind of like that Bible expression, don't cast your poles before swine, right?

What's a great value to one person is worthless to somebody else.

Practically speaking, though, I also feel as if this fable speaks to the fact that necessity

is more important than luxury. I mean, think about

it. Value was relative. What's precious to one person, right, like a jewel, like to this

cock, it's worth nothing. He would rather one piece of barley corn. Practical needs outweigh luxury. A hungry person would rather have a

sandwich over a diamond, right? Survival matters more than anything else in that moment. Necessity

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