The Clam Story
There was this story I had heard! Ostensibly a story for children, it was definitely one of those thought stopping ones.
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A small clam was sitting with its mouth open, when a speck of dirt fell inside him. “WHAAAACKTHOOO””, he spit it out, his face distorted in distaste! The elder clam next to him said, “Easy little fella, you have to let life happen to you!” But each time a bit of dirt would fall it was “WHACKTHOO”!!!
Some days later the clams closed up for their seasonal sleep! In a few months, they woke and one by one each opened their mouth! The little clam looked around and in each mouth was a glistening round shining ball! “What are those?” he exclaimed! “They are pearls,” said the elder one! “How come I don’t have one?” he exclaimed in dismay! “Well,” said the elder one, “You spat out the dirt and never allowed life to happen to you!”
Guess this would apply to many things in life, but what it essentially says, as per me is, opportunities don’t necessarily come as good looking and promising interfaces presented by life. At times they are just speck of dirt waiting for life to happen to them!
I wondered how many times I have let life happen to me, abandoning “dirt” of opportunity to momentary judgment without letting life happen to either of us?
And it wasn’t enough that I spit them out... I also pat myself on the back for being such a good “judge” of character, situation, circumstances etc. How many friendships, work opportunities, knowledge...have I abandoned for it wouldn’t confirm to my expectations? How many pearls have I lost to a “Whaaackthoo”?
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anonymous (31.7.03 11:52) there could be another view you know...maybe the single clam was right to throw out the dirt...maybe it was perfectly happy untill it saw the pearl in others and what it did not know was that while it slept peacefully, the period of discomfort that the others went through with the dirt speck creating intense discomfort...it was only to get rid of it that the clams coated it and then got the pearl...was it really worth it? In a world of pearl-less clams this clam would never have thought otherwise...just because others have the shining pearl..that need not be best way to be!! Remember what Pearl had written in the Scarlett Letter?.... who knows what is wrong in God's eyes? -aps |
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Uto (15.3.05 20:17) postpay postapay |