Lessons from the Rock & Diamonds ...
Some people are like rocks & some are like diamonds, The diamonds are precious because its rare among the very common rocks ..thus never complaint about the rocks being common everywhere, their commonness makes the rare diamond precious, valued & stand out ...
Not everyone can differentiate the rock & the diamond & not everyone knows the value of the rock or the diamond thus never expect for people to appreciate you if you are a diamond & never expect everyone to polish you towards becoming a diamond if you are a rock
Some may mistake the diamond in hand for a rock, or they might know the value of the diamond & they might throw it away, Some may pick a mere rock and believe that its a diamond, both will eventually come to realization about which is rock & which is the diamond & also their value, just that by then there will be damage & loss, Concerned others may along the way try to correct their misconception & minimize the loss but the choice is purely of the person's, eventually, experience would be the best teacher
All we need to do is, first, identify if we are a mere rock or are we a diamond, if we are a rock, we need to get ourselves polished towards becoming a diamond through learning from lessons & experience, if we are diamonds, identify the qualities which makes us a diamond & nurture them, appreciate the self & sustain it, never expect others to appreciate or value you, if you found someone as such then, it would be like you being a diamond being attached to a gold, it adds value to you like becoming a diamond ring or necklace, making you purposeful,if you don't find such value adding, be proud of yourself & self sustain since the diamond standing alone is equally elegant and precious, the worse is if you put yourself in the hands which doesn't value you though knowing you are a diamond, they decrease your elegance & preciousness, just like keeping a precious diamond somewhere it shouldn't be, eventually such treatment would decrease your value & end up you losing your preciousness & self esteem ...
Its you who decide either you are a diamond or a rock, others should not decide but would have mere perceptions of either you are a diamond or a rock, that's their right, they may or may not be right, but what you decide matters most !
