An oyster is on the sea-bed, just living it merry and content but mostly quiet life. It has to open its shell to let in food and water to survive. Sometimes, a little piece of annoying irritant gets in. The poor oyster cannot move or push it out. It has to learn to live with it. It starts to give it a coating of 'nacre' the material that its shell (its strongest defence) is fashioned out of. Finally, after a long period of time, that pesky, irritating, has become part of the oyster. It is kept manageable by a build-up of coating so that it is completely hidden from view and other parts of the oyster. The oyster has learned to live with a painful problem it could not get rid of or ignore without doing something about it.
That 'burden' of protective coating that the oyster carries becomes the beautiful pearl. It is prized and the oyster has become very valuable to the world! I reckon wisdom is a lot like that in people.
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