Be like a snake and ditch that old, outer shell when you grow emotionally.
If your like me your afraid of snakes. I don’t like the way they feel. I don’t like the way they seem to pulsate in my hands. I found this out during the one and only time that I actually touched one. I remember, I was in grade school and some guy game to our school with several animals for show-and-tell. I wasn’t impressed with the animals that I could see but what was in the green case? I couldn’t remember any of the animals that were set up on the long shop table, but I’ll never forget what was in the green case.
After the man set up the animals on the long shop table, he began to talk about the animals one by boring one. My eyes however stayed glued to that green case. It was like torture waiting for him to finish talking and for all of the other kids to finally stop touching the animals. Then one by one he put the animals on the table away in their cages. Most of the other kids were talking but not me, I was focused on that case. Then finally he walked over to the green case, picked it up and walked back to the table. He put the green case on the table and began to open it. He reached into the case and the world seemed to stand still. As he slowly pulled his hands out of the case, I same the tan and black slimy critter, wrap around his hands. I could also see what looked like dead skin. Just then one of the kids said “look he’s shedding, cool!” That’s correct! said the man. I had no idea what that meant.
Shortly after the man pulled the snake out of the green case, it was my turn to hold it. The two kids that already held the snake couldn’t stop grinning and talking about how cool it was. So here I go, time to step up. I remember feeling excited, with a smile on my face but that was about to change. The man instructed me to hold out both of my hands. I did what he asked. As he got closer to me with the snake, I could see the dead skin. It seemed a little gross but I was already committed at this point. As I held out my hands, he placed the snake in my hands and I could feel the shock of being totally grossed out run throughout my entire body. It was the worst 15 seconds of my life at that point. And let me not forget to mention the way the shedding skin felt. Oh damn, I can still feel it now! It was horrible. It felt horrible. I swear that snake was pulsating in my hands. I started to shake from feeling totally grossed out. The man looked at me as I was in agony, and then to not startle the snake he slowly grabbed the snake out of my hands. I have to be honest, three more seconds and would have dropped it. I then returned to my seat feeling disgusted and embarrassed. I knew everyone was laughing and talking about me but i was too grossed out to care. Shortly after, the man went on to explain why the snake was shedding its skin. I could care less, I was totally grossed out andi just wanted to get out of there and take a bath.
Fast forward to just the other day when I was thinking back about this experience. I found myself thinking about that stupid snake. No, I definitely didn’t want to touch another one, but instead I started thinking about how and why snakes shed their skin. I then got out my trusty mini computer (my cell phone) and began researching. I Punched in the information in and got my answer. I actually didn’t pay attention to things like this in school, so I never knew the reason why.
So here it is according to google:
“while the snake’s body continues to grow, its skin does not. Kind of like when humans grow out of their clothes. A roomier skin layer is generated, and the old layer is discarded. Secondly, shedding, or sloughing of the skin, removes harmful parasites.”
So I started to think about this and wondered What if People could do the same thing, except do it with their negative energy and emotions? I mean, why cant people just shed that negative energy like a snake sheds its skin? Leave the skin (negative energy) behind and never look back. A snake out grows his skin to make room for a bigger better version of itself. Why can we all do the same? I guess it just comes down to making a decision about what’s important to us. Do we continue to carry the heavy baggage of the past, or do we leave it all behind and move on? That’s a good question, so what’s your answer?
Its actually interesting that snakes shed their skin the way that they do. How else would they be able to grow, get stronger, attack and consume larger prey? Its all about survival. Its the same for us humans, except were not attacking prey. However, we as humans have the ability to grow and get stronger. But we can only do that when we shed the things that hold us back. So as stated before, we have to decide what is in our best interest, and what we should shed so that we can grow. So maybe being a snake in the grass is not such a bad thing.