Crystals on a Monday
Crystals
During our vacation in December we went to an ex-miner’s house. It was filled with lots of different coloured crystals that he brought back home during his years as a miner.
More raw crystals
The whole patio and garden were filled with his crystals. There were easily a few hundred pieces on his compound.
More rocks
Like these unpolished crystals the 3 kids arrived in this world as unpolished stones. It is up to us as parents to shape and polish them so that they become sparkling crystals which are of value. Through educating them and giving them the correct “polish” they become shinning and a valuable asset for society. With the experience that they gain from childhood and from us parents teaching them ,layers of shine are added onto them making them glow from within.
Like a baker shaping the dough into various different types of bread. We too help shape the lives of our kids.
Whether they turn out to be priceless jewels or semi-precious stones have yet to be seen. Only time will tell how they turn out to be.
Here is the latest song from Jay Chou’s 2013 album
January 21, 2013 @ 8:05 am
Great analogy. I couldn’t help but look at my 5-year-old as I read it.
January 21, 2013 @ 8:10 am
What a fabulous blog, full of warmth and pathos and such a beautiful metaphor. Thank you for sharing 🙂
January 21, 2013 @ 10:35 am
Wow – he has some beautiful crystals! And I love how you compared children to unpolished crystals and how we have to polish them so they can be of value – that is such a beautiful way to put it!
January 21, 2013 @ 10:48 am
Wow… I didn’t expect this post to go into an analogy about our children. I was pleasantly surprised. When I first read it, I thought of my middle son who loves rocks and crystals. He has them from all over. When my parents took a trip to Alaska they picked him up rocks from every state and labeled the bags from where they were collected. He even has a rock from the Arctic Ocean!! Then as I read about how our children are unpolished gems, i thought how wonderful and true! Thanks for a great post!
January 21, 2013 @ 12:23 pm
What a beautiful melody and a marvelous voice. That has to be a love song. I really love it. Thanks for sharing my friend. Those pictures are really neat. I probably would’ve done the same thing if I was a miner. I do it now. If I go to another state I bring back a pretty rock from there and then I write the State on it, and I put it in my rock garden out in front, but crystals wow that really has to be pretty. Thanks for sharing & have a great day! I really look forward to your songs. Thanks.
January 21, 2013 @ 4:58 pm
What a beautiful analogy you have made. I love that!
I also love this song! It is truly beautiful!
~Naila Moon
January 22, 2013 @ 2:23 am
Great analogy! As I was reading the end I kept hearing, “Like the sands through the hourglass of time, these are the days of our lives” 😉
January 22, 2013 @ 3:06 am
Love your analogy! And your song choice. 🙂
January 22, 2013 @ 9:15 am
Sometimes we really need to undergo several steps of polishing so we became a great crystals. There are trials and surviving such is a great success.
January 22, 2013 @ 4:36 pm
Nice analogy and enjoyed listening to your song choice too. Have a great week.
January 22, 2013 @ 6:38 pm
those are so pretty!
January 22, 2013 @ 6:49 pm
Oh…my boys would LOVE that place. Beautiful!
January 22, 2013 @ 8:36 pm
Both my kids went through a real stage of collecting crystals. Last time I looked they both still had them in their treasure boxes
Mollyxxx
January 22, 2013 @ 9:01 pm
Those are beautiful! What an amazing collection!
January 23, 2013 @ 1:51 am
That is an amazing collection! My kids love rocks, geodes, and crystals. They collect them on trips to the mountains.
January 23, 2013 @ 7:11 am
Reminds me of the few times we went diamon hunting at a local quary. People have found all sorts of gems and stones but i only ever found crystals and geodes but I still thought it was awesome!
January 23, 2013 @ 7:35 am
Wow. That is a lot of crystals!
I agree, we are here to polish our little ones and give them the best tools for their adult living.
Very nice selection!
Aloha 🙂
January 23, 2013 @ 8:46 am
My grandfather and his friends would have loved this place, but only if they were able to buy. He was friends with a lot of rock hounds. Grandpa had a huge saw to cut large pieces. He made all sorts of things out of pretty rocks.
January 23, 2013 @ 9:30 am
They look very pretty. Sparkly and light : )