Otp with too much truth

I have had this proven to me several times and I still struggle with the
truth of it and people.



Clay Balls

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 one of us. If we take the time to get to
know that person, and if we ask God to show us that person the way He sees
them, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to
shine forth.

May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have thrown
away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits of clay.
May we see the people in our world as God sees them.

I am so blessed by the gems of friendship I have with each of you. Thank
you for looking beyond my clay vessel.

Thanks for sharing this one Harvey and It is so true. I am saving it to
remember it.

By the way Harv, I see the good in you too. It is there for all of us to
see. There are so many kind hearted and caring people in this group so we
know where all the clay ball are, they are here. ;-)


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Love and Hugs to all
Jo the squirrely one

> I have had this proven to me several times and I still struggle with the
> truth of it and people.
>
>
>
> Clay Balls
>
> 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 one of us. If we take the time to get to
> know that person, and if we ask God to show us that person the way He sees
> them, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to
> shine forth.
>
> May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have
> thrown away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits
> of clay. May we see the people in our world as God sees them.
>
> I am so blessed by the gems of friendship I have with each of you.
> Thank you for looking beyond my clay vessel.
>

Thank you Harv..passing this on

"Harvey R. Stone" <hrstone@swbell.net> wrote in message
news:laKri.1717$ox5.888@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com...
> I have had this proven to me several times and I still struggle with the
> truth of it and people.
>
>
>
> Clay Balls
>
> 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 one of us. If we take the time to get to
> know that person, and if we ask God to show us that person the way He sees
> them, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to
> shine forth.
>
> May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have
> thrown away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits
> of clay. May we see the people in our world as God sees them.
>
> I am so blessed by the gems of friendship I have with each of you.
> Thank you for looking beyond my clay vessel.
>

"Squirrely" <sqjo@sonic.net> wrote in message
news:46af73a7$0$14139$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net...
> Thanks for sharing this one Harvey and It is so true. I am saving it to
> remember it.
>
> By the way Harv, I see the good in you too. It is there for all of us to
> see. There are so many kind hearted and caring people in this group so we
> know where all the clay ball are, they are here. ;-)
>
>
> --
> Love and Hugs to all
> Jo the squirrely one

Thank you Jo,,, and may I return the thought in your case also. You have
touched so many people as you do what you can do to bring a little light
into the darkness in so many peoples lives.
Harv

Thank you Harv,

I see a great change in you lately and I really like it. I hope we get to
keep this Harv, but I know we all change if we are on pred and such.

I have tried and tried at times to fight the pred crankiness but it doesn't
work too well. Ask Jim he will tell you. The poor man gets the blunt of it.


--
Love and Hugs to all
Jo the squirrely one

>> Thanks for sharing this one Harvey and It is so true. I am saving it to
>> remember it.
>>
>> By the way Harv, I see the good in you too. It is there for all of us to
>> see. There are so many kind hearted and caring people in this group so we
>> know where all the clay ball are, they are here. ;-)
>>
>>
>> --
>> Love and Hugs to all
>> Jo the squirrely one
>
> Thank you Jo,,, and may I return the thought in your case also. You have
> touched so many people as you do what you can do to bring a little light
> into the darkness in so many peoples lives.
> Harv
>