Imagine that you are walking along a sandy beach. It is a beautiful day outside and you see something in the sand ahead. It is an old chest. It is made of decaying wood and anything that is metal is covering in rust. Barnacles cling to the sides and bottom of the chest and it is about the grossest and ugliest thing you have ever seen.
What do you do? Do you leave the chest alone because it looks completely disgusting and you are worried about catching some sort of disease? Or, do you figure there is a treasure in that chest and you ignore the ugly shell and rip the chest open as quickly as you can.
What is in the chest? You were right if you ripped open that chest. The chest is filmed to the brim with bright shiny treasure. You have hardly been happier by such a glorious sight.
Would you consider closing the chest and throwing it back in the ocean because, although it is incredibly rewarding on the inside, it is ugly and detestful on the outside?
We encounter these chests every day. Some are fat and some are skinny. Some are black and some are white. Some wear sombreros and some wear turbins. Some wear shredded clothes they have not changed for weeks and others wear the finest threads available on the earth. Some are brand new and some are weathered to the point of breaking.
There is a treasure inside EVERY one of us. Do we take the time to find it or do we keep walking by the chest because of the condition of the chest in which it is found? Can we be quick to open the chest and find the treasure in every single one? We will be the most enriched people in the world if we can do this in our lives. Wealth will have a new meaning and our eyes will be opened to the greatness of humanity.
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