The most extraodinary thing about the oyster is this...

Irritations get into his shell ..... When he cannot get rid of them,

he uses the irritations to do the loveliest thing an oyster ever has

a chance to do. If there are irritations in our lives today, there is

only one prescription: make a pearl. It may have to be a pearl of

patience, but anyhow, make a pearl.

And it takes faith and love to do that.