A man was exploring caves by the seashores, in one of hte caves hs found a canvas bag with a bunch of bunch of hardened clay 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 outinto the ocean as far as he could.

He thought little about it, untill he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone! Excited, the man strated 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 throwen 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 away!

It's like 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'smuch from the outside. It's 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 one 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 have with others and the familys of this forum. Thank you and other people for looking beyond my clay vessel. I thank God for this vessel, he get all the praise for giving ME this vessel.
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Right on!!

I am thankful for the gift of life also. Thanks.

So where was he? How far do you think he could have thrown those clay balls. Was the tide in or out when he threw them?

Who else is with me. I'm leaving tomorrow morning to see if I can find 'em. Come on slider we be on a mission!
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RB.... always the thinker. A treasure too,as are all of you. Thanks for that CHAZ! 's
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RunnerBiker wrote:

So where was he? How far do you think he could have thrown those clay balls. Was the tide in or out when he threw them? Who else is with me. I'm leaving tomorrow morning to see if I can find 'em. Come on slider we be on a mission!

Runbiker, you may save youself a trip, if you would look at your self and others around just stop a minute or two you can jewels around you. Thank for the comments, makes things worth talking about. Are you a pop-in-jay??
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charles lindsey wrote:

A man was exploring caves by the seashores, in one of hte caves hs found a canvas bag with a bunch of bunch of hardened clay 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 outinto the ocean as far as he could. He thought little about it, untill he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone! Excited, the man strated 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 throwen 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 away! It's like 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's much from the outside. It's 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 one 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 have with others and the familys of this forum. Thank you and other people for looking beyond my clay vessel. I thank God for this vessel, he get all the praise for giving ME this vessel.

Good article. What a relief, I thought you were talking about Slider's twins, for a second.

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Good article. What a relief, I thought you were talking about Slider's twins, for a second.

.... There ya went and started somethin' again' cuzin'
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I didn't start it cuz! I had to protect my twins!

Nice story chaz.

Excellent sentiments expressed in that story Chaz. for posting it.
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Dustwun77 wrote:

charles lindsey wrote: A man was exploring caves by the seashores, in one of hte caves hs found a canvas bag with a bunch of bunch of hardened clay 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 outinto the ocean as far as he could. He thought little about it, untill he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone! Excited, the man strated 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 throwen 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 away! It's like 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's much from the outside. It's 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 one 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 have with others and the familys of this forum. Thank you and other people for looking beyond my clay vessel. I thank God for this vessel, he get all the praise for giving ME this vessel. Good article. What a relief, I thought you were talking about Slider's twins, for a second.

Iguess slider, will throw away his clay balls and hold on to his jewels, but he is looking for jewels in the wrong place!! HEE HEEE
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charles lindsey wrote:

Iguess slider, will throw away his clay balls and hold on to his jewels, but he is looking for jewels in the wrong place!! HEE HEEE

OMG where has this thread gone, and where are those jewels, in my heart? in my soul? or..... hmmm.....

Sorry, I was bad...

King Phisher wrote:

charles lindsey wrote: Iguess slider, will throw away his clay balls and hold on to his jewels, but he is looking for jewels in the wrong place!! HEE HEEE OMG where has this thread gone, and where are those jewels, in my heart? in my soul? or..... hmmm.....

Well phish, you are talking to all the jewels on this forum, work, church,
and your jewelsare at home. Your wife and children and you are a jewel in everyones eyes. Have about be a jewel and hug you wife and children.
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