There was once a great and powerful king. His most precious treasure was a diamond –- the most flawless diamond in the world.
One day, at a royal party, the king flaunted his diamond, passing it from guest to guest as it rested on a soft velvet pillow. Abruptly, the diamond fell and became deeply scratched.
The king summoned his jewelers to correct the blemish. However, they informed him that they could not remove the blemish without cutting the surface, thus reducing the diamond's value.
Finally, a craftsman appeared and assured the king that he could fix the diamond without reducing its value.
Several days later, the artist returned with the diamond. The king was astonished to see that the ugly scratch had disappeared. In its place a beautiful rose was engraved.
The scratch had become the stem of an exquisite flower.
And so too in our lives, a scratch can become the stem of something beautiful.
Actually, the stem did not become anything, it was transformed by the work and skill and insight of the artist.
This is a matter of inner work. The ability to see damage and negative attributes as potential for beauty and positive expression is more than perspective, it is a fundamental transformation of what, why and how we think about every detail of every event.
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