Dirty, crude, misshapen, the rock
lay discarded on the ground. Many had picked it up, studied it, and then
discarded it. Finally, still bruised from the elements, the rock was chosen by
one who knew what it was really worth. Carefully, and patiently he spent time
reshaping and polishing. There were some painful times for the rock. These
times called for cutting, chipping and abrasiveness. Gradually, it took shape
into an item of great beauty. Another had pretended to see past the dirt and
roughness, but had merely used the rock for a paperweight on his way to
somewhere else. The rock had yearned to become an object of great value to
someone and had thought the job of paperweight might possibly be it, not
realizing that there are millions of paperweights in the world and when a new
one struck its owner’s fancy they discard the old. Not many people choose to
spend the time and energy required to look for the gem beneath the surface. How
many rocks are really valuable gems never discovered?
We can easily overlook diamonds in
the rough. Diamonds don’t come out of the ground looking like those we know to
be diamonds with sparkle and expertly cut facets. I’m sure many are passed over because they
look like a dirty old rock. Diamonds are really coal submitted to extreme
pressure. We would not consider wearing a coal ring, yet many show off their
diamond rings with pride.
People can be like diamonds, until
we get to really know them. They appear to be like the dirty, misshapen rock.
There are times that a person is treated as if they have no value and it takes
a special individual to discover the diamond within. How many people have we stereotyped that, if
we had spent the time to get to know them would have enriched our lives?
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