That's like the Tunderegg in Oregon also. It looks like a regular rock on the outside, about 3 inches across. But when you take one home and slice it open, there is an Oregon shape on the inside. I used to have one, but I think my son took it. They are quite unique. Yes, you never know when you have a treasure. Emma > From: "busbys martins" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 2:37 PM > Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] TO All ON THE LIST > > 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 and every one of us. If we take the time > to get to know that person, and if we ask God to show us that person the > way He sees them, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant > gem begins to shine forth. > May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have thrown > away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits of > clay. May we see the people in our world as God sees them. I am so > blessed by the gems of friendship I have with each of you. Thank > you for looking beyond my clay vessel. Have a wonderful > Sunday...Stella > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390706/direct/01/