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A young man bought an expensive gold watch from a jeweler. 

Soon, the man brought it back to the jeweler, demanding a new case. The case looked like brass, not gold, and the man had paid for gold.

The jeweler looked at the case, rubbed it a little, and then asked the young man, “Are you taking any supplements that have extra iron in them?”

“Well,” said the young man, “yes, I am.”

“Okay,” the jeweler said, “then that’s the problem. The extra iron comes out with your perspiration and has tarnished the case.” And he took a cloth and polished and buffed the watch until it shone again with all of its original golden luster.

You know, we’re like this young man, his watch, and iron supplements. What is inside of us always comes to the surface. And sometimes what’s inside of us tarnishes what we polish so hard, things like our reputation. So make sure you polish not just what’s on the surface, but polish what’s inside of you as well as you listen to life and make a life, not just a living.

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