From: ontheup2002 <ontheup2002@...>
Subject: [romancescams] Re: Clay Balls
To: romancescams@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, July 10, 2009, 10:40 AM

I think that with this sort of scamming going on and of course the political correctness nonsense that puts us all on the defence, it has made many of us naturally wary of putting ourselves forward for fear of being typecast. Despite nice stories such as clay balls, you have to be so careful these days on how you approach people and what signals you give off.

--- In romancescams@ yahoogroups. com, Dalonige C <yvwiya@...> wrote:
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> Christie, I think the point here is that we, girls and boys alike, need to see ourselves for the beauty we have within us and not have to depend on others telling us that. When we recognize our own beauty and become secure in that, it will shine outward for others to see. Hugs, Bunny
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> --- On Fri, 7/10/09, Christie <christieandrews31@ ...> wrote:
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> From: Christie <christieandrews31@ ...>
> Subject: Re: [romancescams] Re: Clay Balls
> To: "romancescams@ yahoogroups. com" <romancescams@ yahoogroups. com>
> Date: Friday, July 10, 2009, 3:41 AM
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> Thanks , I wish more guys would let us girls know thisAs we should do the same for you guys!
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> On Jul 9, 2009, at 8:25 PM, "Dawn Conwell" <dawn.conwell@ verizon.net> wrote:
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> Too bad your not in.....well you all know what I
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> Very nice words, so much luck in your
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> my 2 cents as always...
> Dawn
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> Subject: [romancescams] Re: Clay
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> --- In romancescams@ yahoogroups. com,
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> > Bunny that is so true
> most of us if not all of us are guilty of judging a person on what we see in
> their appearance. And for a lucky few one day they realize that what is inside
> is more valuable. While outer beauty is the standard whereby society makes
> their determination I've found that the plainest of men and women are the most
> lovable, honest people that I ever met. I must say though in my eyes, there is
> no such thing as a plain woman. Every woman is beautiful and unfortunately
> some don't see the beauty in themselves. If I could, I would tell every woman
> on earth how beautiful she is. Thanks again everyone for your friendship and
> your help.
> HARRY (HJC)
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> > A man was exploring caves by the
> seashore. In one of the caves he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened
> clay balls. It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in the
> sun to bake.
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> > They didn't look like much, but they intrigued
> the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him. As he strolled along the
> beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far
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> > He thought little about it, until he dropped one
> of the clay balls and it cracked open on a rock. Inside was a beautiful,
> precious stone!
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> > Excited, the man started breaking open the
> remaining clay balls. Each contained a similar treasure. He found thousands of
> dollars worth of
> > jewels in the 20 or so
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> left. Then it struck him.
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> > He had been on the beach a long
> time. He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden
> treasure into the ocean waves. Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he
> could have taken home tens of thousands, but he had just thrown it
> away!
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> > It's like that with people. We look at someone, maybe
> even ourselves, and we see the external clay vessel. It doesn't look like much
> from the outside. It isn't always beautiful or sparkling, so we discount
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> > We see that person as less important than someone more
> beautiful or stylish or well known or wealthy But we have not taken the time
> to find the treasure hidden inside that person.
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> treasure in each one of us. If we take the time to get to know that person,
> and if we ask God to show us that person the way He sees them, then the clay
> begins to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to shine forth.
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> have thrown away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits
> of clay. May we see the people in our world as God sees them.
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> > BunnyC
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> > http://www.groups. yahoo.com/ group/romancesca ms
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