Memento

Once, someone requested of Mulla Nasrudin: Give me your ring as a memento, so that whenever I look at it I will remember you.

Mulla replied: You cannot have the ring. But whenever you want to remember me, just look at your finger and remember that I did not give you the ring!

This spiritual story is from the book Classic Tales of Mulla Nasreddin by Houman Farzad./i>