I AM OYSTER

          I am Oyster.  I am not very pretty.  But I know the touch of Love.

          I am Oyster.  I live in sand.  I live surrounded by potential problems.  My soft and tender insides do not mix well with abrasives.

          I am Oyster.  I do not dwell on pain.  I do not live in fear.  I coat my pain with Love and create a thing of Beauty.

          I am Oyster.  I have chosen.  I walk the path of Love and Beauty.  In my watery world at the bottom of the ocean, I join with all of Life--I rise above flesh and fear--I join the stars.