So, no, it’s not when you go through life that you become a Diamond. You are born a Diamond. A rough one, of course, enclosed in an ore, but a Diamond. And what life does to you is break that ore around you, sort, shape, cut and polish you, according to your unique purpose of existence. And if you are mindful of this fact and allow life’s challenges to accomplish their objectives in you, the end result will be dazzling!

 In my first book, Mining Diamonds, I explain this concept in the introduction and proceed to show you the practical side of it through the narrative of my own life experiences. But for curiosity’s sake, in the case you haven’t acquired this book yet, you can read the introduction of Mining Diamonds here.