perhaps, deep down, you don't really want to open canned okras. perhaps you believe their best left in the can and you should buy fresh instead.
What you need is a nice okra to make your day! Try sitting on it and meditating... Let the okra open you up to Okra Consciousness!
Chelsea, it may very well be that this is just not the right time for your okras to open. Rather than try to exert control, I advise just relaxing and letting your okras open in their own time and way. Possibly you may require a few reincarnations before the can finally rusts and your okras spring alive in the full bloom of bacterial and fungal decay.
okras good.. fried, dehydrated, pickled... yum i can think of several creative ways to get that can open