I went on a walk not too long ago and on the way back to my house came across some snails. I've always been partial to snails. They're small, slow, and cute in an invertebrate kind of way. As I carefully went around them I realized that they, like most everything in the world, seems to have been created with a purpose. In a snails case they help control algae in ponds and recycle organic matter. They also provide food for birds. They have a purpose. Then I began to wonder about other creatures. Do they all have a purpose as well? And if so, how simple it must be to be created with an inherrent feeling of what one must do with their life. But what about me?
For a moment I thought how lucky all the world's creations were being able to just exist and know what your purpose was. Then I began to realize how unique we as human beings were as well. We are born into the world as blank slates. We spend countles syears learning how to care for ourselves and even more trying to figure out what to do with ourselves. We are often frustrated by that fact. I know I have been more than my share of times. And it can be aggravating feeling like you're lost or like you haven't reached that point in your life when you know what you'll be when you're grown up. But if we just looked at it from a different perspective it can just as easily be a blessing.
We are free to be whatever we want. We are able and allowed to make choices for ourselves every minute of the day. We may not always want to make them or even like the choices we are given but they are ours and no one can take that away from us. I won't pretend to understand the secrets of our universe. I don't know why our planet allowed us to develop into creatures of more thought than instinct but it has and I am grateful. I appreciate all the things that keep our world in balance. I have learned to value the rocks in the earth as much as the trees, wild animals, and humans in it. That being said, it could be that the stability of all the other things in the world allows us humans to be so free.
I won't pretend to know things so much grander than myself. Nor will I pretend that everyone reading this will necessarily agree with me. I just know that from the doorstep where I started I went out for a brisk walk to get my blood going because that was my choice. And on my way back came across some quiet snails dutifully going about their business, whatever that may be. So by the time I came to where my sidewalk ended I had a lighter step due to the realization that by simply being me I was unique. And for that, I am also grateful.
May your days be filled with joy and love
And all life's blessings from above.
