Posted by IsoM on January 30, 2002, at 13:01:35
In reply to The Road to the Crown of Life....The Pearl » blondemomints, posted by lou pilder on January 30, 2002, at 7:35:05
I guess that leaves me out. Have I suffered? Hardly. I've had problems & challenges but I wouldn't consider them suffering when I look around at the conditions in other parts of the world & the way the majority of the world's peoples live & die. My problems have strengthened me & helped mould who I am instead.
P.S. Oysters don't go through "great pain & suffering". Their equivalent of a nervous system is far too undeveloped. The build-up of nacre layers to form a pearl more resembles a callus on our skin, slow & not painful. Both the callus & our outer layer of skin are made of keratin. Both the pearl & the lining of the oyster's shell has the same composition, nacre.
Sorry, it's just the "professor" in me always explaining about the wonders of the physical world. I do understand your analogy.
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