Flowers or fine jewels?

If you walk around the earth you are greeted with many beautiful natural phenomenon.  A beautiful sunset, flowers in a field, a flaming fall tree in all its glory.  Those are gifts that are given to you to enjoy.  You don't have to do anything to find them really they are just there and they are fantastic. 


There are other beautiful things that are not quite as accessible but beautiful just the same.  Gold and fine jewels for example.  A ruby pendant in a gold setting did not just appear on the ground to be picked up and placed around your neck.  Someone had to mine for the ruby and for the gold.  They had to forge the gold and polish the ruby.  It was with a large amount of effort that the beauty of the pendant can now be admired. 


It's the same with people you know.  There are some people in your world that are just easy.  You get along with them, you have things in common with them they bring you joy and you are happy, but did you ever think about all of the friendships that might be hidden beneath the ground of life that you might find if only you would put a little effort in? 


I have two people in my life that I am thinking of in particular one is a happy beautiful golden ray of joy, their personality is outgoing and welcoming.  This is how God made them and it is wonderful. This person is a field of spring flowers.   The second person is not quite so outgoing as the first. The second is quiet and reserved, the first is a party waiting to happen. 


The reserved person will not necessarily talk to you right away.  They might even seem cold and unwelcoming.  This person is reserved and observant.  If you take the time to get to know them, if you will be patient and get past the rough exterior, you will soon find a quick wit and a hysterical sense of humor.  They are loyal.  They are intentional. They are genuine. 


I'm not saying that one is better than the other.  In my analogy you could derive that the second individual is more valuable than the first, but that is not my point.  Both are beautiful.  One is just way more complicated to get to know, but so very worth it. 


Go out and find your ruby.