The Clay Ball
A man was exploring caves by the seashore. In one of the caves he found a
canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls.
It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake.
They didn't look like much, but they intrigued the man, so he took the bag
out of the cave with him. As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the
clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could.
He thought little about it, until he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open
on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone!
Excited, the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls. Each
contained a similar treasure.
He found thousands of dollars worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left. Then it struck him.
He had been on the beach a long time.
He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden treasure into the ocean waves.
Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he could have taken home tens
of thousands, but he had just thrown it away!
It's like that with people. We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, and we
see the external clay vessel.
It doesn't look like much from the outside.
It isn't always beautiful or sparkling, so we discount it. We see that
person as less important than someone more beautiful or stylish or well
known or wealthy, but we have not taken the time to find the treasure hidden
inside that person.
There is a treasure in each and every one of us. If we take the time to get
to know that person, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant gem
begins to shine forth.
Credit goes to the Original Author. 3nodding Sorry I haven't updated in a long time! I was earning GOLD. As does every other person on Gaia.
A man was exploring caves by the seashore. In one of the caves he found a
canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls.
It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake.
They didn't look like much, but they intrigued the man, so he took the bag
out of the cave with him. As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the
clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could.
He thought little about it, until he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open
on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone!
Excited, the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls. Each
contained a similar treasure.
He found thousands of dollars worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left. Then it struck him.
He had been on the beach a long time.
He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden treasure into the ocean waves.
Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he could have taken home tens
of thousands, but he had just thrown it away!
It's like that with people. We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, and we
see the external clay vessel.
It doesn't look like much from the outside.
It isn't always beautiful or sparkling, so we discount it. We see that
person as less important than someone more beautiful or stylish or well
known or wealthy, but we have not taken the time to find the treasure hidden
inside that person.
There is a treasure in each and every one of us. If we take the time to get
to know that person, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant gem
begins to shine forth.
Credit goes to the Original Author. 3nodding Sorry I haven't updated in a long time! I was earning GOLD. As does every other person on Gaia.
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