“People will forget what you said.
People will forget what you did.
But, people will NEVER forget how you made them feel.”

Anonymous

A new friend sent this to me.

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.

Good-morning!

I recently nominated Marty Paulin for a Volunteer Recognition Award. Marty was instrumental in bringing awareness to road safety in Richmond Hill and has served on Richmond Hill’s Road Watch Committee since its inception in 2002. Marty is a positive individual that makes a difference in our community. He can be relied upon to source/order balloons, pick up/return helium tanks, attend meetings, participate in community events and educate the public about road safety. Through his generous contribution of time we are reminded of the importance of getting involved. If everyone followed Marty’s lead the world would be a better place.

Hi!

Recently my younger daughter told me that a boy in her class was ”cool”.   When I asked what made him cool she said, “He has a really big pencil.”  Next time you’re wondering how cool you are try pulling out a ruler.

All the best!

Josephine