On the Rocks

I saw a rock today that had inscribed:
“PERSEVERE”
And it just was one of those things that hit me when I needed it. I said aloud, ‘Thank you! You are so right!’
To a rock. I was talking to a rock.
I decided I wanted to buy it. I would put it somewhere in my home to give me strength, to remind me to persevere, to inspire me when things were rough.
I picked it up and then saw that it was forty bucks.
‘FORTY smackeroos? Are you kidding me? This is just a stupid rock! What do I look like, an idiot?’
Again. Talking to the rock.