Until opened, a treasure chest simply remains a pretty box
that potentially has something amazing in it.
Each one of us has one.
It is a gift from a heavenly parent
Each one of us has the ability to open our own and marvel at
the wonders that lay inside.
Some choose not to open theirs at all…the reasoning being known
only in their own soul.
Some choose to watch as others open theirs, and choose to be
jealous or intimidated because of what lay inside.
And then there are a special few who open theirs and not
only look inside, but touch and taste and feel of the treasure within. They experience the treasure and life is
fuller because of it.
I have a dear friend.
She belongs to the last group mentioned.
She has taken that treasure box and has done what was
intended to be done with that treasure.
But every so often, she worries.
Maybe it is a comment, or a quiet whisper of a taboo word
like “perfection”, which causes her to look at her beautiful treasure box and wonder
if maybe she shouldn’t have opened it quite so wide.
What she may not know, is that by opening her box, she in
turn is giving others permission to do the same, to find within the treasures
that are waiting patiently to be enjoyed.
Until opened, a treasure chest simply remains a pretty box
that potentially has something amazing in it, until one brave soul chooses to
open theirs and by doing so, inspires others to do the same.
