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 olled 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. 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.
I am so blessed by the gems of friendship I have with each of you. Thank you for looking beyond my clay exterior.
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Daized688
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Jan 29 @ 10:12AM
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Nice!!
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Pudge2you
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Jan 29 @ 10:14AM
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I absolutely with you one the friendship aspects!!
I'm just a little scared of the smashing balls on rocks thing... 
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jezzarae
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Jan 29 @ 10:18AM
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my clay is all cracked and wrinkled shouldnt be hard to break open wonder what kind of gem I am...... 
Great blog PK. very true.
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Lisa46
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Jan 29 @ 10:23AM
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Beautiful PK kudo to you 
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GryGoast
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Jan 29 @ 10:25AM
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Insees dear ... very nice, thanks 
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Vinnie29
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Jan 29 @ 10:31AM
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So insightful. Kudos for my baby.
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mike_mike73
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Jan 29 @ 10:35AM
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Very nice blog you posted...... 
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geena
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Jan 29 @ 10:40AM
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 we're all gifts just wrapped differently. I do treasure you as a gift, a friend.
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tlc0766
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Jan 29 @ 10:42AM
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good one PK and so true so very true!!!!
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Luvrgrl
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Jan 29 @ 10:54AM
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Indeed....so true.....very nice Monday Morning blog!
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maliciousdestruction
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Jan 29 @ 10:59AM
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Kudos, True as always
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veeruinus
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Jan 29 @ 11:18AM
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This definately deserves a kudo PK.
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ponme
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Jan 29 @ 11:37AM
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yes yes yes yes yes! You don't always realize what you have got until you throw it away.
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NightOfOld
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Jan 29 @ 11:47AM
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PK you are a precious gem. But all I can do for the moment is to give you
a worthless kudo. You are a precious friend however.
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GryGoast
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Jan 29 @ 12:26PM
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The music was up so load ... I didnt here clearly dear... did you8 sat Balls "and" Treasure... or Balls "as" treasure ??? 
Godspeed
he he he
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Argit01
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Jan 29 @ 12:35PM
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Inside this man of clay
beats a heart of gold
the beauty is still hidden
as the world grows old
And if this clay should falter
and the heart be revealed
the man will die for love
and so his fate is sealed
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TheRainKing
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Jan 29 @ 12:46PM
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Awsome blog PK baby  ....words of wisdom...that's why I love yah  ....and Argit...pretty good mate....you write that?
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MEMEME69247
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Jan 29 @ 1:49PM
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Kissy Well written.....Beautiful.....Kudo to you
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canuhelpme258
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Jan 29 @ 5:06PM
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I am not a clay exterior, I'm duraplas the space age polimer that is changing the world!
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jrjones1970
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Jan 29 @ 6:17PM
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What could I say that hasn't already be said? Great Blog, so Kudos go to you for the Great insight and message......... 
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hotbigirl42DD
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Jan 29 @ 6:49PM
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beautifully written and so very true.. to many people are so judgemental over stupid petty things, and there is no reason for it. Well done, kudos.
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truckboss4u
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Jan 29 @ 7:26PM
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Excellent blog, very impressive.
this is my first coment post on here and I'm very proud to do it on this one.
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DoIDetectAHIntOfTuna
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Jan 29 @ 8:01PM
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It sounds like your story is aimed at men, but I know of a lot of women who are guilty of throwing away perfectly good clay balls.
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emewz44
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Jan 29 @ 8:03PM
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I must say I have never given a Kudo...( like its a big deal) but I know How PK is a wonderful person!.....Am proud to say she is a friend!....Gret one beautiful!...HUGZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! and her's your kudo!
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belle1010
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Jan 29 @ 9:00PM
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How come you don't see the treasure you are? You are beautiful inside and out! The man that gets you is very lucky!
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wtxman
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Jan 30 @ 10:35AM
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You are an absolutely wonderfull person Kissy
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