SPOTTING PEARLS.....

On several occasions we have lost out on opportunities, people, connection, fortunes etc just because we disabled our power of SIGHT and PERCEPTION.

We've lost lots of opportunities because we concentrated on superficial things.

For some people God gifts them with RARE SECOND CHANCES but for some others it becomes a Museum of Life long loses.

The whole essence of life is to GET BETTER but trust me CONTINUAL LOSES IS NOT THE WAY TO GO!

So people I'm dedicated to helping us all minimize our loses and maximize our opportunities.

The beautiful thing about teaching is that you learn also, so I'm definitely thankful for every opportunity to learn and become a BETTER VERSION OF MYSELF!

I did a study on PEARLS, the actual pearls women wear as Jewellery and I intend to share the outcome of my study and how this knowledge can be applied to our everyday lives.....

WHY PEARLS???
On countless occasions women have been associated with pearls;
In their usage of pearls as Jewelry, as well as when it is figuratively describing a woman of worth!

At any rate, Pearls represent things that we consider PRECIOUS, whether as Jewelry, PEOPLE or OPPORTUNITIES.....

I set out studying HOW TO SPOT PEARLS as Jewelry, owing to the fact that FOR EVERY ORIGINAL, THERE MUST BE A FAKE. 
The essence of the study for me was to see if there were "not too obvious" lessons hidden in my seeming "ordinary" quest.

The first lessons I learned was that IT'S QUITE DIFFICULT MOST TIMES TO DISTINGUISH REAL PEARLS FROM FAKE ONES!

The next other thing I found were that pearls were MADE BY NATURE......
In other words they are NATURAL.....

Pearls are actually found in the Ocean, on River beds!

Permit me to digress a little,

Yes I'm very aware that the opposite of Natural is ARTIFICIAL.....

A normal African man will probably be weighing this information side by side with his preference for women who don't wear makeup....

But pegging a beautiful lady who sees nothing wrong with ENHANCING HER PHYSICAL BEAUTY as "ARTIFICIAL" doesn't quite do Justice to the word.

As a matter of fact I consider it a lopsided view of things......

However the clause on enhancement for me would be  the word "MODERATION"!

I'm more inclined to consider the word.        "Artificial" to mean FALSE or MISLEADING....

Her make-up shouldn't be the yardstick to measure her personality as "false" or "misleading".

In Simple English, if her personality isn't FALSE or MISLEADING, please do not refer to her as ARTIFICIAL.

For me the detour or digression on this article seemed absolutely necessary because there has been a lot of controversy around men and the subject of women who wear makeup.

For any man who doesn't agree with me, here's what to do; look up the word
 "enhancement" and see what you find!

Back to where we left off,
The whole essence of this to research is to first help us be able to spot the things that we seek, 
secondly to help us Fashion our lives in such a way that we emulate the NATURE OF PEARLS....

I actually understudied different people who trade on pearls and here's how they told me I SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPOT REAL PEARLS.....

1. BY OBSERVATION
Paying close attention to details because every pearl has it's INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITY.
It shocked me that the word "personality" is associated with something inanimate like pearls.

Sometimes we make the mistake of lumping individuals, opportunities etc as the same, without even bothering to look closely.

That an opportunity or person is SIMILAR to a past experience does not make the THE SAME!

Just before you conclude, OBSERVE AGAIN!

2. SHAPE
Pearls have NO PARTICULAR NEAT SHAPE.
(Emphasis on "neat")
Let's broaden this a little in relation to the things that we seek, that is people and opportunities etc.

Sometimes we have a preconceived idea of how what we are looking for should be but what if we miss it because the pack is different.....

Let me use an example of finding spouses here,
Many times we have our ideas pegged on superficial things like the Height, shape, complexion etc

 (I'm not saying it's wrong to get involved with people you find physically attractive but that alone shouldn't form the basis of your choices)

That he or she doesn't come in the shape that you feel inclined to doesn't mean they won't be perfect for you.

Same goes for opportunities!

3. TOUCH
I'm told that true pearls even when the weather is hot have a sense of cool while fake pearls will "feel" ( they me feel but they ARE NOT)  much more close to room temperature  when you first pick them up.

The second fact regarding touch is that when real pearls are knocked together, IT DOESN'T HARM the pearls but rather the PEARLS GIVES OFF SOME POWDER!

The third fact is that after you scratch a pearl, Just retouch is smoothly.
The scratch disappears on it's own and it's Luster(Shiny effect) returns!

Simply Amazing!
I wonder if anyone sees what i see??

Real pearls
( Likening them to humans now),
when under pressure or in crisis will give off powder!
(Synonymous for me, to a beautiful personality)

Simply put, under Crisis Pearls have the ability to maintain CALMNESS, BEAR PAIN WITH AN AMAZING ATTITUDE and REGAIN THEIR SHINE WHEN THE STORM IS OVER!

CRISIS DO NOT DAMAGE PEARLS!

4. SOUND
When you shake or knock a string of pearls, REAL PEARLS have a softer more comfortable sound while FAKE PEARLS have piped sounds.

Applying again to humans, as well as opportunities;
REAL PEARLS Will have a QUIET WAY of making their thoughts or position on a Matter known.

This lessons are not "gender centric" in any way, anybody or facet of life can apply these principles.

5. POLARIZER OBSERVATION
This is an industrial method of spotting Pearls.
According to this method, pearls are LIGHT or SEMI TRANSPARENT.

By application to human relations, 
REAL PEARLS are less Complex and easy to UNDERSTAND!

6. If you pearls have unusually bright colourings, they are very likely to be fake!

This would mean to me that certain opportunities may look very colourful but I need to look very critically at them before I take a plunge!

Most times amazing people and opportunities don't come in brilliant colours, they may look unfit and dull. But only time alone is able to prove them the "next big thing"!

7. FIRE TEST
A fake pearl will melt under heat.

8. PRIZE TEST
If a " pearl" comes cheaply, you most certainly have purchased a fake pearl.
(It's up to you to define what "cheap" will be to you)
Pearls are expensive!

If that opportunity, person or endeavor came cheap or worse still, without a prize, YOU BETTER WATCH OUT!

In Conclusion,
Pearls are never out of style.
Put it this way, Pearls are flexible enough to adapt to changing situations in very GRACEFUL Manner.

The value of pearls DON'T DECREASE, rather they become MORE VALUABLE WITH TIME.

Lastly Fake pearls always seem to have an appearance of all the things that you hope for in contrast to REAL PEARLS that don't look like what you're searching for.

That's it people,
I hope that hence forth, spotting your pearls will be a walk over?
I also hope you can learn a few lessons on BECOMING A PEARL.....
Be guided.....


Love,
Your Fragile Giant!

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