Diamond in the Rough

My early writings were a diamond in the rough. While writing was something I liked to do, I never really saw it for its true potential. I would speak at churches and other functions and people would always approach me after, saying how they enjoyed my speech and I should keep writing. My mom even suggested that I become a motivational speaker, to which I responded that she could be my agent. Writing was just something I did, a writer or speaker wasn’t who I wanted to become. But here I am, writing for readers on a daily basis. Here I am, finally accepting the talent that I have and honing it into a beautiful craft. My diamond was hidden in the rough, but others saw the potential – people I spoke to, my mom and dad, and other family members. However, this diamond would never have lost the dirt that covered it, if I decide to clean it up. In other words, I had to accept that I had a diamond and be willing to brush away the dirt until its true beauty was visible. No one could do that for me.

You have a diamond in the rough as well, whether it’s your smile, singing, speaking, teaching or listening. But it will remain hidden until you can see its potential beyond the dirt that it’s covered by. You have to believe that you are capable of more and work towards that. You have to visualize your diamond as the shiny final product of a book, a cd, or happy patients, and work towards getting it to that point. No one can do that for you. Haters may try to duplicate or negate the good you try to orchestrate, but just remind them that you will never tolerate or accommodate the negative they want to perpetrate.