Seashells on the seashore

One Saturday I spent with a friend of mine and we talked about life and its lessons and what we want out of it. 5 hours went passing fast. One simile he gave was so honest and pure and so moving, I still keep coming back to it in my mind. He said he feels like a seashell on the shore. Seashell that has an interesting appearance, so people when they pass by, stop and pick it up, look at it from different angles, but then put it down again. They don’t take it home for their collection.