The Jewel
Story★★★★The Koh-i-noor diamond is among the most spectacular in the world. Queen
Victoria received it as a gift from a maharajah when he was a lad. Later as a grown
man this maharajah visited Queen Victoria again. He requested that the stone be
brought from the Tower of London to Buckingham Palace. The maharajah took the
diamond and, kneeling before the Queen, gave it to her again, saying, “Your Majesty,
I gave you this jewel when I was a child, too young to know what I was doing. I
want to give it to you again in the fullness of my strength, with all my heart and
affection and gratitude, now and forever, fully realizing all that I do.”
The point
A maharajah who gave Queen Victoria the Koh-i-noor diamond as a child later returns it as an adult, this time with full understanding and commitment—illustrating the difference between partial and whole-hearted surrender.