The Message in the Box - find your sparkle

Dreaming of Diamonds (originally uploaded by Swamibu - http://www.flickr.com/photos/swamibu/1182138940/ )

Dear Julie

There will be dark times and at times you will feel hard-pressed but this is just part of the process. The childhood moves will be difficult but these are to get you in the right place, at the right time, to meet your true love, after a heart-breaking first marriage, and you will then know great, authentic joy. You will gain depression, but this will allow you to know yourself, to reshape and spiritually grow, teaching you what is important in life, and that even in darkness, all you need is a candle of hope and a spark. It is not for nothing that you now carry birthday cake candles in your handbag – you never know when you might want to celebrate something :). Not everyone is strong enough to withstand the pressure, but you will survive because you are brave and strong.

To make a diamond, the rarest and most precious of jewels, you take matter as dark as coal and apply the greatest pressure, but even in its uncut raw state, it is still a diamond, able to withstand the hardest things it comes into contact with. In its refining, layers and flaws are removed, as though in all the shouting and harshness of the world, it is being distilled to the quiet voice within. Although you have been broken at times, you are still a jewel shining through, and only the hardiest get to be diamonds. You are loved, and lovingly supported, it is now your time to find your sparkle :)

Love, Julie x