A Refined Mentality is Priceless.

Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) is a leading product in the world's market and highly demanded alongside similar products like Dual Purpose Kerosene(Kerosene), Automotive Gas Oil(Diesel), they are highly renowned and are highly valuable but how many know that the crude oil from which it is gotten is not as good looking and not as useful?

Crude oil is formed from dead and decayed matter accumulated over time in the Earth crust, it is very crude in form and in use as the name suggests.
The Geologists scan the Earth for the oil with their ever developing sophisticated instruments and equipment and once the oil location is confirmed, the Petroleum Engineers come in to drill out the crudely looking oil and send it to the tank farms for storage and future processing, the Chemical Engineers make sure that the overall processes are safe, ensure the quality of the raw crude and subsequent products meets required standards and finally make sure production rates are maintained.

The Refinery is the facility where the crude oil is processed and the respective components are separated out from the crude oil by fractional distillation which means that the oil is separated by being heated at very high temperatures and the components are separated based on their individual boiling points, when the boiling point of Kerosene is reached, it is collected and distilled [(analogously, when you want distilled water for instance, boil the raw water to 100 °C then collect the vapor and allow it to cool(condense)] - from Bitumen to Kerosene to Diesel to Petrol.
A Refinery is a wonderful place as you see the life transformation of crude oil to refined oil, the soon to be inaugurated Lagos Dangote Refinery will provide everyone an interesting live experience on visiting.

To be refined is to be free of unwanted substances, improved to be more exact and having and showing good manners (Merriam Webster, 2019).
Crude Oil though a potential beauty has rudimentary qualities so is our personal lives when we act crude and live, talk and act any how.
Refined oil is sought all over the world world so are people who have refined manners, who primarily think right, talk right and act right and treat their fellow humans right, they are highly regarded and well sought all over the world.

To be refined is to be refined and renewed in daily thoughts pattern, thoughts and speech of hate, anger, animosity, jealousy, victimization are very crude and indeed primitive and need to be transformed by the Ultimate Refinery: God.
To be refined, one must ask his creator (in faith and belief that he will receive an answer) which resides inside everyone, for the kingdom of God is within everyone and this kingdom can only be connected with by believing, indeed only a power greater than one can transform hateful thoughts to loving thoughts. Believe it and Receive it.
A refined heart is one filled with daily thoughts of Victory, Beauty, Love, Meekness, Optimism, Joy and having all these thoughts affects the quality of our life and the life of the world at large.

A refined spirit is desired everywhere , can be attained and is highly fulfilling.

Timothy A.