All or None / by Alexander Lyadov

I’ve had this feeling for a long time: All truly gifted people are trying to express the same thing—whether they speak, sing, build, protect, write, or paint. Their work is sunlight reflected through the different faces of a single diamond.

Now imagine a -diamond with 8 billion sides. Some of its faces shine close to perfection. They were lucky—cut by a master who revealed their natural brilliance.

But many sides are still rough. Raw stone. Dull and uneven. They don’t reflect the light. They hold it inside.

That doesn’t mean the diamond is ruined. For a Creator, it’s just raw material. The goal? To unlock the sleeping brilliance of the stone. With perfect cuts—sharp, symmetrical, precise. Only then will light bounce fully inside the diamond and exit through the crown, sparkling at its brightest.

The Creator’s work isn’t done while even one face remains cloudy. Take the "royal cut"—not just the 49 top facets must be flawless, but also the 37 below.

Imagine the light humanity could reflect—if we remembered:

All or none.

Yours sincerely,

-Alexander


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