{"id":3694,"date":"2019-10-16T14:23:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T22:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=3694"},"modified":"2019-10-16T14:23:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T22:23:38","slug":"a-diamond-in-the-rough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=3694","title":{"rendered":"A Diamond In The Rough"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>What is meant by a diamond in the rough?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The answer to this one can be pretty tough.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Are they referring to a person\u2019s religious&nbsp;\nstate?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Or, maybe a person\u2019s developing social fate?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Possibly an uncut diamond still in the rough.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Basically, anyone or anything changed enough.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>When completed, are you a bright shining star?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Or, are you just someone who has gone too far?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>A diamond in the rough should indicate good.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>If cut and fashioned in the manner it should.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Such crude comparisons may go too far.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Maybe the person is better off right where they are?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>It seems to be a judgmental conclusion.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Which may sometimes cause confusion.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>A diamond in the rough to one person\u2019s eye<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>may be a plank in the eye to another, like a sty.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Do not judge unless you be judged.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Your name could end up being mud.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>So much for philosophy &nbsp;today.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>I will save the rest for another day.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<strong><em>R.W. Johnson&#8212;&#8211;(2019)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is meant by a diamond in the rough? The answer to this one can be pretty tough. Are they referring to a person\u2019s religious&nbsp; state? Or, maybe a person\u2019s developing social fate? Possibly an uncut diamond still in the rough. Basically, anyone or anything changed enough. When completed, are you a bright shining star? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=3694\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Diamond In The Rough<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3695,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3694\/revisions\/3695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}