Snail Shells

I have had a bad day.

I could tell you all the thousands of reasons why today has been less than good, but I'll spare you the ranting and instead tell you what today's bad day has taught me: I'm vulnerable.

You see, everything in my life at the moment leaves me bare and able to be hurt. I work in ministry. I nanny. I'm looking for new roommates and meeting new people at church. All of it leaves me susceptible to scars.

And I hate it. I'd rather run away than fight through it because closing off is easier. But, I'm learning that this is all good.

Snails are able to hide in their shell for weeks. They can seal off the shell so that predators can't get them and they can stay there, safe in their own little world. But when a snail is inside its shell, it will go no where. It will experience nothing. It cannot eat.

Moral of the story: a snail can't stay in its shell all of the time and neither can I.

Ridiculous blog idea of the day: I am outside my shell and I think a snake might be coming, but I know that right now, I need to keep trekking along, slowly, because this is where God has me.

Even more ridiculous blog side note of the day: "snail shells" may become my new fake swear word. Its perfect.