Pearls of wisdom
After a
long hiatus dear readers, I have come back-
like a genie who reappears after some obliging person rubs his brass lamp and
comes to dispense precious jewels- in my case precious pearls of wisdom. Dropping from my wise lips, pouring out
through my fingers into my trusty typewriter, spreading through the nether
world of the internet blogg space, to be snatched up by my eager readers, I am
busily spreading my words of wisdom. So
why “Pearls of Wisdom?’ and why suddenly am I the dispenser of such wisdom?--.
Ah dear readers, I have just had my Tarot cards read and I am in the present a
“seer” and seers are known to be wise.
To be told you are a “seer” is heady business and my head has definitely
been turned. I walk around with a wise
expression waiting for any chance to express this wisdom hoping my friends will
tap into it –so far not a bite---so far no one has come to me for advice and if
I give any unasked it is not appreciated. I am not sure why this is and I am reminded of
another saying-“cast not thy pearls before swine” This
comforts me but not much. Why, by the way,
do we call wisdom “pearls”? Pearls seam a bit bland- they live in clams and
clams we all know are dumb! So why do we have this saying? Anyway
the pearl is created from a grain of sand- nothing more unassuming than a grain
of sand-and on top of it all, its existence depends on the pain it creates
in the poor clam. We know also the
bigger the pearl the bigger the pain to the clam. Where is the wisdom in that? Oh I know ! Pain begets wisdom. It seems reasonable therefore to say “Clams of Wisdom” instead. This does not have the same ring to it somehow.
The only purpose of pearls is adornment and
every woman knows to have pearls next to her skin is vastly flattering and
desirable- that is not wisdom but covetousness and vanity. So., to
sum up this rambling essay, pearls create
pain- not wisdom – they are a great pain. I must remember this carefully as I give out
my unasked “Pearls of Wisdom” and also perhaps remember that I am not a seer
but, like the pearl, a “pain in the ass.
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