The Wounded Oyster

Motivational Minute (13_32)

Quote of the day:

“It is the wounded oyster that mends its shell with pearl.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Consider:

Did you know that when an oyster gets a grain of sand in its shell and can’t get it out it secretes a substance that covers it. Year after year the oyster adds more layers to cover its irritation, until at last it has produced a beautiful, lustrous pearl of great value.

Our problems are like that grain of sand. They bother us, and sometimes we wonder why we have to suffer the irritation and inconvenience they can be. But like the oyster we can turn our wounds and adversities into precious pearls of inner strength, and they become an inspiration to others. For years pearls have been used as a metaphor for something very rare, fine, admirable, and valuable.

What wounds in your life do you need to mend and turn into pearls?

Wishing you all the best,

Coach Dana

(Compliments of http://www.actionvisioncoaching.com/)

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