In a message dated 97-08-16 01:00:39 EDT, [email protected] (Steven Weatherston) writes: << Don't Forget to Peek Inside My sister, Alice, had bought two beautiful rocks for her five-year-old son as a gift for his birthday. I watched as Patrick opened the first box, which contained a rock that had been cut to expose the shiny purple amethyst inside. He oohed and aahed and then reached for the second package. It contained pyrite, cut in half to expose the smooth golden mounds of fool's gold. Patrick was again delighted, and he proudly held the rocks so they could be seen by all. Lured by the color and the glitter of the exposed gems, I picked them up. "Lovely," I thought to myself. I turned them over and saw that the outside of each was very similar--both were a very dull gray, with splotches of black and white. "How unspectacular," I said to myself, "I never would have guessed that such ordinary exteriors would reveal such dazzling interiors. Think of what I would have missed if someone had not known to look beyond the surface." As with the stones, we sometimes fail to look beyond the surface of other people we meet. Perhaps, if the outside doesn't glitter, we think that taking a peek inside is not worth our time and effort. How many times have we missed a wondrous inner beauty because the outside looked ordinary to us? --Carol K. Murdoch-Stevens >> --------------------- Forwarded message: From: [email protected] (Steven Weatherston) Sender: [email protected] Reply-to: [email protected] (Steven Weatherston) To: [email protected] Date: 97-08-16 01:00:39 EDT Don't Forget to Peek Inside My sister, Alice, had bought two beautiful rocks for her five-year-old son as a gift for his birthday. I watched as Patrick opened the first box, which contained a rock that had been cut to expose the shiny purple amethyst inside. He oohed and aahed and then reached for the second package. It contained pyrite, cut in half to expose the smooth golden mounds of fool's gold. Patrick was again delighted, and he proudly held the rocks so they could be seen by all. Lured by the color and the glitter of the exposed gems, I picked them up. "Lovely," I thought to myself. I turned them over and saw that the outside of each was very similar--both were a very dull gray, with splotches of black and white. "How unspectacular," I said to myself, "I never would have guessed that such ordinary exteriors would reveal such dazzling interiors. Think of what I would have missed if someone had not known to look beyond the surface." As with the stones, we sometimes fail to look beyond the surface of other people we meet. Perhaps, if the outside doesn't glitter, we think that taking a peek inside is not worth our time and effort. How many times have we missed a wondrous inner beauty because the outside looked ordinary to us? --Carol K. Murdoch-Stevens ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPIRIT Mailing List for LDS-oriented spiritual thoughts, items and stories For assistance, contact [email protected] http://seminary.org/spirit/