Grains Of Sand

Every grain of sand

could polish up a pearl

or irritate you beyond relief.

This saying resonates both literally and figuratively, don’t you agree?!

When you look at beach sand under a microscope it is a kaleidoscopic assortment of unique shapes and sizes. In our bathers, beach sand can certainly be irritating; underfoot it can be soft and comforting. Under a summer sun it can generate blistering heat.

Every second, minute, hour within our days can be like the grain of sand. Each unique and capable of joy or irritation, opportunity or threat, curiosity or apathy.

Similarly to how we might adapt and respond to the literal grains of sand we encounter, so too the figurative ones. As we make our way through the working week, I’m curious how you might be choosing to polish a pearl.

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