Several years ago, I wrote an open letter on an app called Lettrs, it was my space at the time to empty my thoughts out into the world. Here is the original writing, from sometime in 2016…I believe:

How long would you wait…

If you knew you had a diamond in your sites

Would you settle for costume jewelry or artificial stones if you your heart was set on the real thing?

Would you double talk to yourself about how you could never attain the diamond anyway, and that you were ok with the cubic zirconium? Is that all you’re worth to yourself? Or would you scrimp and save and tell yourself why that diamond is so important to you…what it means to you…

Easily attainable things fade, sometimes it’s just worth the wait and effort to hold out for less easily attainable things.

How long would I wait for my diamond?

Forever and a day.

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This was written about a person, who in fact was probably the furthest thing from a ‘gem’ by any standards. But boy did I think he was something. No one has ever treated me with as many lies or as much contempt in my life as this man.

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This only came to my mind because of the gentleman I’ve been seeing, he randomly said something one day when we were together and I’m not even sure what we were talking about but he brought up the idea of a diamond versus a cubic zirconium in the conversation as an example. (I think I’d stated something I was wearing was super cheap or similar).

He commented on how if someone is fussing over how beautiful your ring is, and it’s a cubic zirconium…don’t point out that it’s not a diamond…simply OWN that ring and accept the compliment on it. The whole world doesn’t have to know (nor do they really care) that it’s not a diamond ring.

Own your life, it doesn’t have to be perfect, you don’t have to be a storybook romance or rich or famous or any particular thing for your life to be worth living. No matter who or what you are…you ARE the real deal, OWN that!!