Metaphors can pluck a string within us. This one will resonate with writers. Only one in 10,000 oysters will produce a natural pearl. For the jewel to exist, that singular mollusk must suffer an unfortunate fate: a foreign body intrudes within its shell, say a grain of sand, lodged inside the tender center; at worse, a lesion and at best, an irritant. What follows is creation as self-protection: layers of nacre particles cover the ill to assuage the pain. Patience and resilience slowly transform the hurt.
Love, love, love this view of the future! Technology helps us out as we return to what really matters--the things of the Spirit, nature, and each other. Also, I loved the line about our heads looking up rather than at a screen (as Iām looking at my screen right now š ).
Love, love, love this view of the future! Technology helps us out as we return to what really matters--the things of the Spirit, nature, and each other. Also, I loved the line about our heads looking up rather than at a screen (as Iām looking at my screen right now š ).