Stopping to rest after another long segment, the 3rd man verbally spouted at them again. The 2nd man, who had picked up the rocks, finally had enough of the verbal insults. He took off his pouch, opened it and poured out he colored rocks on the sand. The 3rd man laughed sarcastically and said to him, "WHAT DID YOU EXPECT, DIAMONDS?" The 2nd man felt more foolish than ever. As he kicked the sand over the rocks he wondered why he had don this ridiculous thing in the first place. The 1st man still kept his pouch around his waist and said nothing. The heat intensified as they continued to trudge over the loose and shifting sand. They stopped again to rest. This time both men verbally lashed out at the other man with the rocks. As they moved on, both men now continuously berated and trash talked him. The man with the rocks felt his hip and leg become extrememly sore and the rocks seemed to get heavier and heavier. He now thought to himself, "WHY AM I DOING THIS? IT SEEMS VERY FOOLISH INDEED. THE OTHER TWO MEN ARE PROBABLY RIGHT ALTHOUGH I DESPISE THEIR ATTITUDES AND VERBAL GARBAGE." His thoughts continued, "HOW THE TALL MAN IN TEH WHITE ROBE APPEARED AND THEN DISAPPEARED WAS ONE THING - BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW HE SPOKE WAS ANOTHER. HIS VOICE HAD SUCH AUTHORITY AND YET - IT WAS SO GENTLE AND COMPASSIONATE. I BELIEVE HIM - AND I AM GOING TO SEE THIS GLAD-SAD ADVENTURE THOUGH."