Story, "Child of Seashells"

 Once upon a time ....a baby clam on the seabed complained and complained to his mother because a sharp grain of sand entered his red and mushy body.

My child, said the mother, with tears in her eyes, God did not give us the clam people a hand so that Mother could not help you. It hurts, I know. But accept it as a natural destiny. Strengthen your heart. Don't be so agile anymore. Muster your spirit against the aches and pains that bite. Wrap the sand with your stomach sap. That's all you can do, her mother said sadly but gently.

So the baby clam did his mother's advice. There were results, but the pain was absurdly high. Sometimes in the midst of his pain, he doubts his mother's advice. With tears he endured the years. But without realizing it a pearl

began to form in his flesh. More and more smooth. The pain is getting less and less. The longer the pearl the bigger it gets. The pain becomes natural. Finally, after so many years, a large pearl, shiny intact, and very expensive was formed perfectly. He is now, as a result of years of suffering, more valuable than a thousand other shells that people only eat as boiled clams on the side of the road.

(Resonance)

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Friends of Silampari, Disappointment and suffering will always be in our lives. As if God always takes the happiness that is in us. No...not like that. We just have to be patient with everything that happens to us and wait for God's decree. And everything will end beautifully. Because everything that is good will always lead to goodness. Disappointment and suffering have made an ordinary shellfish into an extraordinary shell. Disappointment and suffering can turn ordinary people into extraordinary people.