The Gem
The difference of course is that a rock doesn’t complain, it just takes it and becomes whatever it becomes. A human, on the other hand, tries to avoid the trials. A diamond also can’t revert back to being a rock, but humans can revert back to being ‘imperfect’.
How do you act on what you have learned about yourself? The answer to that question is the key to you being polished or not.
“The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials.” – Chinese proverb
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