Stones ... In their original form, not everyone can amaze you with their splendor, they lack either brilliance or depth, only in rare cases they shine with all their, albeit not yet sharpened, edges, and most of them require painstaking work on them so that they can amaze you with their appearance and inner content. It is so difficult to distinguish a seemingly genuine piece of jewelry from a fake. Many of them have been polished by time and being subject to various elements, already in the found form they are a treasure, while others require a special attitude towards themselves, they need the hand of a master, in the hands of the inept they can lose even what nature has abundantly rewarded them with, in the worst cases crumble into small fragments and turn into dust. There are no precious and semiprecious stones, there are only expensive and cheap ones, everything here depends both on the nature of origin and on the cut. Pure, defect-free stones are a rarity, even among precious stones, they are not only beautiful, but also have great influence on a person. Inexperienced hands can spoil even such perfection. To make a true jewel out of a stone, you need to carefully polish every facet without spoiling the pristine beauty. How many fakes are offered to us, beautiful on the outside, but empty inside, unable to ignite our eyes or touch our souls. Cold, soulless imitations of real jewelry. There is shine, there is a prescribed number of facets, but inside there is emptiness, lifeless cold, even ideal, without the slightest defect.
I always compare men to gems polished by time and pain, maternal hands and the hands of other women, the upbringing of fathers and the efforts of friends, time and hardships that befell them. How many of them have lost their luster, not trying to resist external influences and scattered into small fragments that have not passed the test. How many of them remain real and shining in all their facets? STONES AND MEN ...
Real men are like rare precious stones ... there are many imitations, but genuine ones.