Thought for the Day No pressure....

[Paul Whybrow]

No pressure, no diamonds.

Thomas Carlyle

 

[LJ Beck]

I could give up diamonds pretty easily.

 

[Pamela Jo]

I'm a pearl girl. I suppose that goes-no irritation, no transformation.

 

[LJ Beck]

I like the idea of a river that slowly changes the rockbed by flowing over it and over it. Smoothing edges with a gentle touch. Seems a more peaceful way to change to me.

 

[Pamela Jo]

I like the idea of a river that slowly changes the rockbed by flowing over it and over it. Smoothing edges with a gentle touch. Seems a more peaceful way to change to me.

Ah that's eroding rough edges. A pearl becomes round and shiny and precious from layers and layers of experience.
Cultured pearls come from a US river mussel. The Japanese mollusks rejected all other irritants but bits of their shell grew into large well nacred pearls quickly. The original Mikimoto.

 

[LJ Beck]

Ooooh, pearls win hands down! Thanks for that, I will look at pearls in a whole new light.