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Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Words of Wisdom - Lessons from an Oyster


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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 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.


Author Unknown

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