No Pressure, No Diamonds\u2026and let\u2019s just be frank\u2026life without Diamonds would be Un-Imaginable!\u00a0 Just typing the words \u201cno diamonds\u201d makes me break into a cold sweat\u2026.it\u2019s like typing the words \u201cno happiness\u201d\u2026(tee hee)\u2026<\/p>\n
Yes I admit, I love diamonds. And I don\u2019t just kind of love them\u2026I am head over heels in love with them!\u00a0 I love the sparkle\u2026the shine\u2026the beauty\u2026\u00a0 Diamonds are absolutely gorgeous in every way and they definitely make a girl HAPPY! \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
But the important thing to remember about diamonds is that diamonds didn\u2019t start as beautiful, sparkly, shiny objects.\u00a0 No\u2026they started as carbon atoms in nature buried 100 miles deep into the earth\u2019s surface.\u00a0 They are subjected to a crazy amount of heat (about 2,200 degree Fahrenheit), and insane amounts of pressure (something around 725,000 pounds per square inch!).\u00a0 Because of the heat and pressure the carbon atoms begin to bond to one another in groups of billions and billions in order to form a single one carat crystal. Then through violent eruptions they travel extremely fast to the surface of the earth, causing them to cool quickly enough to surface as diamonds. But even after enduring all of that their journey still isn\u2019t over yet, next they have to go through being polished and facetted before they finally achieve their full glory\u2026then it\u2019s all sparkle and shine from there!<\/p>\n
Each of us are like diamonds in the way we evolve throughout our own lives. We start small and we slowly grow through time and daily life experiences. Then we go through major struggles and difficult challenges and intense trials, each of which mold us into a stronger and better person. Then over time as we endure those trials and overcome our challenges, we surface as a more mature and refined person. But our journey still isn\u2019t finished yet\u2026we still have to go through polishing and small adjustments in order to reach our full glory.\u00a0 It\u2019s going through all of that and enduring it well that will give us our ultimate sparkle and shine.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The most beautiful things in the world result from the most difficult of circumstances. So when times are tough and you are feeling the pressure, just remind yourself that God is just making you into a perfect diamond, so hang in there, endure it well, and then watch for your sparkle to appear!<\/p>\n ~Amy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No Pressure, No Diamonds\u2026and let\u2019s just be frank\u2026life without Diamonds would be Un-Imaginable!\u00a0 Just typing the words \u201cno diamonds\u201d makes me break into a cold sweat\u2026.it\u2019s like typing the words \u201cno happiness\u201d\u2026(tee hee)\u2026 Yes I admit, I love diamonds. And I don\u2019t just kind of love them\u2026I am head over heels in love with them!\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[168,174,46,60,540,63,1114,5048,5046,280,2123,2992,1760,4422,615,41,67,5051,5050,93,5052,2074,1477,94,55,180,5047,464,35,3441,4300,5049,88,1921,2042,1996,275,775,281,866],"class_list":["post-5011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-adversity","tag-anxiety","tag-attitude","tag-beautiful","tag-beauty","tag-blessings","tag-bond","tag-carat","tag-carbon-atoms","tag-challenges","tag-crystal","tag-diamonds","tag-difficulties","tag-endurance","tag-endure","tag-entrepreneur","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-evolve","tag-facetted","tag-fear","tag-glory","tag-gorgeous","tag-grow","tag-growth","tag-happiness","tag-happy","tag-heat","tag-joy","tag-love","tag-mature","tag-mold","tag-polished","tag-pressure","tag-refined","tag-shine","tag-sparkle","tag-stress","tag-struggles","tag-trials","tag-wisdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5011"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5013,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5011\/revisions\/5013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}