Lessons from an oyster... There once was an oyster Whose story I tell, Who found that some sand Had got into his shell. It was only a grain, but it gave him great pain. For oysters have feelings, Although they’re so plain. Now, did he berate the harsh workings of fate That had brought him To such a deplorable state? Did he curse at the government, Cry for election, And claim that the sea should Have given him protection? No, he said to himself As he lay on a shell, Since I cannot remove it, I shall try to improve it. Now the years have rolled around, As the years always do, And he came to his ultimate Destiny--stew. And the small grain of sand That had bothered him so Was now a beautiful pearl, All richly aglow. Now the tale has a moral, for isn’t it grand What an oyster can do With a morsel of sand? What couldn’t we do If we’d only begin With some of the things That get under our skin. ...............source unknown ===================================== The extraordinary oyster... “The most extraordinary thing about the oyster is this. Irritations get into his shell. He does not like them. But when he cannot get rid of them he uses the irritation to do the loveliest thing an oyster ever has the chance to do. If there are irritations in our lives today, there is only one prescription: MAKE A PEARL. It may have to be a pearl of patience, but, anyhow, MAKE A PEARL. ......................Harry Emerson Fosdick
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 04:20:45 +0000
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