Let's say you are a mine.

   Hey friends. :) You know how in Minecraft, when you go mining for ores and such, the deeper down you go, the more precious ores you find? What I'll share today occurred to me several weeks ago; I say a diary entry prompt which asked how would a landscape look like if it was your personality. I followed through with it and among what I made, I thought of myself to also be a mine. Let's dive in!

   Often, the most beautiful parts of ourselves is not what you see, not our physical, not our style, not possessions. It's what you can't see that's precious and most meaningful. The things in life which have no concrete form. Kindness, compassion, understanding, patience... These qualities manifest in actions such as handing back someone's money they dropped, holding the door open for an elderly, giving kind words to a person who's going through a hard time. All these things may seem trivial, but the truth is they could stick with a person for so long. 

   These gems are at the deepest parts of your mine. Now, I usually opt to not reference myself, but I'd like to share my experience since it formed the idea behind this entry. One more thing that's easily overlooked are a person's struggles. Maybe, those around you really care, but are just too shy or unsure if to lend a helping hand. This isn't a bad thing, it's completely understandable. As spoken in my last entry, however, uneasy experiences help you grow. 

   Things we've lived, of which we choose to not speak, might be the root of precious qualities. These experiences often lay hidden, in this case, in the farthest corners of our mine. But, you know what? They're not shrouded by darkness, the light of the crystals they grew light them up, giving an outcome of goodness. That right there, is something beautiful. 

   Now from the bottom, we go up and out our mine, take a moment to see the ores and gems in the walls of your mine, symbolizing the things that are more visible to a common eye. Now at surface level, like in Minecraft, you'll find coal. Of course, a common material, this can be the things that are easier for people to see. Yet, that doesn't mean they're overlooked. Coal is tremendously useful, isn't it? 

   If you decide to think about this, use it as an opportunity to know yourself as you walk the way down your mine. Thanks for reading, it means a lot. :) I hope I could unravel my thoughts in a way that's easy to understand, I often find myself struggling to verbalize them, it's something I'm working on to improve this year. o3o

-  Love, Adolfo.