Today’s Mandala
Pearls
“The world is your oyster.
— Chris Gardner
It’s up to [us] to find the pearls”.
— Stephan A. Hoeller
“A Pearl is a beautiful thing that
is produced by an injured life.
It is the tear that results
from the injury of the oyster.
The treasure
of our being in this world
is also produced
by an injured life.
If we had not been wounded,
if we had not been injured,
then we will not produce
the pearl.”
“Pearls.
— Jessica de la Davies
Take, like an oyster,
your irritations, your pain.
Use these to create your masterpiece.”
Today’s MotD encourages us to take our pains, take our irritations, and turn them into pearls. They become our pearls of wisdom if we’re willing to learn and grow from them. Like diving for pearls, especially the prized ones, we may need to dive deeper than we’ve ever done before.
One way to approach this would be for us to bring up impressionable, memorable experiences from our past. Then categorized them as either an oyster (painful) or a pearl (joyful). For each of the “oysters”, ask the question ”where’s the pearl in this oyster?” (ie ”what did I gain or create of value from this experience?”) We can then use whatever creative outlet that would best allow us to represent this oyster-to-pearl experience. To each of the ”pearls”, take a moment to express gratitude in whatever way feels appropriate.
“How could you reach the pearl
— Rumi
by only looking at the sea?
If you seek the pearl,
be a diver.”
Blessings,
Maureen
The Mandala Lady
btw…started with this:
Mandala of the Day 