In the fire of mother-of-pearl

Mother of pearl is the mother of pearls.
If a pebble or grain of sand has slipped inside the shell, then the mollusk, realizing its foreignness, begins to envelop them with layers of mother-of-pearl. This is how a "tear" appears, from which pearls are then formed.
Perhaps also in life, in order to find the most important thing, you have to go through many stories and burn mountains of unnecessary memories in the fire of a fire, incarnate in many images and become a real pearl with your values.