Glass vs crystal

I've been flipping through this old tattered notebook. In it, bits and pieces of interesting facts I've learnt were jotted down.

I happened to chance upon this particular entry, which illustrated the differences between glass and crystal.

It says there, " When you look into glass, you see your own reflection. When you look into crystal, you can't really see you own reflection. Instead, you'll see rainbow colours shimmering off the surface of the crystal. In addition, the crystal is much harder than glass. A key could scratch glass, never a crystal."

The above paragraph caught my eyes. It really did.

Don't the glass and crystal remind you of someone amongst us?

The glass is similar to someone who lives for himself. Only himself can be seen, no one and nothing else. Such a life, is fragile.

On the other hand, the crystal is similar to someone who lives for others. He may appear an idiot to give his all for others. Yet, his is a life filled with love, hope, faith, trust, courage, kindness and generosity, just like a rainbow hanging in the sky.

You may ask, " What if no one ever recognizes him for his efforts?" The crystal would reply, " So what? I don't need anyone to thank me for what I did. Im just someone doing what I think I should do."

Such, is the real strength of a crystal.