In Others’ Words: Diamonds in the Rough

Sometimes we overlook things of value.

We may hold the roughest of diamonds in our hands and, not seeing its worth, toss it to the ground like pebble.

Diamonds in the rough come in all forms. They can be:

a person we meet who causes us grief or who we don’t understand or particularly like.
an experience that we’re forced to endure that exhausts us or frustrates us or disappoints us.
the consequences of our actions that cause us to end up somewhere we never thought we’d be or demand something of us that we don’t think we can do.
the remnants of a dream that once seemed so large and beautiful and and now we wonder why … why we ever dared to dream such an impossible dream.

 

But all of these “rough diamonds”? They have value … if we don’t overlook them. If we stop long enough to realize that diamonds don’t start out cut and polished and placed in a setting — a ring or a necklace or a tiara or a bracelet — that allows it to be admired. Every diamond starts out rough. And very few diamonds are perfect. They’re no longer rough — but just about all of them have flaws.

And they are still beautiful, despite being imperfect.

In Your Words: When have you recognized the value of a diamond in the rough? 

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