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Once upon a time there lived a halfhearted snail, Sheena - sliding around on her beautiful coral bed; in and out of all the colourful corals swaying in the current; in between the hustle and bustle of normal life on the seabed. She lived to look after her children and her husband – day in and day out. The same old stuff every day. It was comfortable here. She had a comfortable routine, a comfortable home, a comfortable family life, and a comfortable social life.
One day she looked around her – it was as if the world was going on without her. She didn’t even realize there were others out there – she was so used to living in her own little world and yet she didn’t even know who she was. All she could think about was blaming this boring lifestyle on her husband and family. She always had to look after them and they seemed to relish in disrespecting her. How was it possible for her to find out more about herself and what was out there?
So, one day she waited carefully at the end of the coral reef for the friendly bottlenose dolphin, Kayla, to come by. As Kayla swam passed, Sheena stuck her neck out as far as possible to catch Kayla’s attention, and called. That was easy – Kayla stopped in her tracks – almost as if she had been waiting for the call from Sheena. Sheena asked her what was out there … if it was worth travelling to find out more about herself and the big wide world? Kayla said she was welcome to travel … however, if she wanted to find out more about who she was, she could stay right where she was – there was no need to go into the deep blue sea but there was a need to go deep, deep inside herself! That is where all the answers lie.
Sheena was very confused now … she had always understood that to find oneself you should travel and get to see and know the whole, deep ocean. Granted, that would be difficult for her, since she was a snail after all. So, she proceeded to ask Kayla how to go about going inside of herself. Kayla explained how easy it was – she just had to follow the spiral tracks on her shell – then she would be inside – and that’s where she would find peace. Kayla tried it immediately and found it very easy.
There, deep inside her she could feel anger, sadness, fear, hurt and guilt. With one deep dive by Kayla, all these weakening feelings were removed and Sheena felt a floating sensation come over her! She was floating with wise Kayla, in the deep ocean, and being lifted out of the deep blue ocean to follow her dream!
What an extraordinary journey! She suddenly realized that her family loved her and weren’t punishing her at all – in fact she was punishing herself… She also realized that she was to blame for everything in her life – and nobody else.
She could now love and serve herself and others more sincerely than she was doing already, because she had fallen in love with herself again … and this allowed her to love others even more! She could now see all the other beautiful sea creatures around her – they were perfect, and always had been … and had always been doing their best at everything that they did! Sheena was now free to live the life she had always wanted to … one of love and excellence! |