The Pearl of the Heart
The formation of a natural pearl begins when a foreign substance slips into the oyster between the mantle and the shell, irritating the mantle. Kind of like the oyster getting a splinter! The oyster’s natural reaction is to protect itself so it covers the irritant with layers of the same nacre substance used to create the shell. This forms a pearl. Guess what? We’re the same. We have an irritant (pain), our heart’s natural reaction