All That Glitters…Gets Boxed In

It’s the way of the world.

If something is shiny and precious enough, it gets assigned a value over and above its basic elements.

And like this very yellow gold jewellery in an Asian glass display cabinet, it gets boxed in.

To be admired, shown off and micro-examined by others with their own motivations, good or otherwise.

I have seen it with people I know or are well aware of – once you are on constant display there is a polished role or roles to be played.

That person might still shine but their light is often captured in the box of others.

A gold bracelet has an amplified worth, but it had a unique molecular character and purity before the artisan’s touch gave it a lustre to be lusted after, or sold to someone with enough cash.

We are all valuable in our own right, and really need just enough glimmer to throw light on the free path we are on.