‘The stone of transformation’
It helps us acquire vision and meaningful goals / Courage / Confidence / Love / Responsibility / Balances the heart and throat chakra – our emotions and the way we communicate them / Health / Healing – especially when there is emotional pain / Stress reduction / Helps us structure our personality and be flexible and adaptive to change.
You can program a crystal, which means asking its help with something specific of all that it can offer you. However, this is not mandatory. The crystal will help you anyway where the universe deems you need reinforcement or assistance. Basic condition of course is that you value it and believe in its power.