(soft uplifting music)
- You were experiencing a circle today.
This is just to expose you to what it looks like.
Some of the things that happens when it's in a circle,
and what can it do for you,
as an individual, or as a professional.
We have to close the circle now.
And when we close the circle, since we had to open it,
and of course, you have to have a closing.
We're gonna close it with a poem.
I usually, with kids, kids come up with songs and dances.
They can really close out a circle.
I'm not that great and wonderful, okay.
So, I have to use a book.
So, I'm gonna get my book over here.
This is the book I told you I use for everything.
The wise woman's stone.
A wise woman was traveling in the mountains,
found a precious stone in a stream.
The next day, she met another traveler who was hungry.
And the wise woman opened her bag and shared her food.
The hungry traveler saw the precious stone
and asked the woman, can you give that to me?
She did so, without a hesitation.
The traveler left feeling excited and rejoicing,
because he knew that that stone was worth a lot of money,
and would take care of him for the rest of his life.
But a few days later,
he came back to the old woman to return the stone.
You know, I've been thinking, he said,
I know how valuable this stone is.
But I give it back to you,
in the hope that you can give me something
even more precious.
Give me what you have inside of you
that enabled you to give me that stone.
That is the end of our circle.
And I thank you so much for participating.
(clapping) (soft uplifting music)