| If you were asked to compare your personality | | | | because people hear your roar? Or perhaps a |
| traits to a living creature, what creature would | | | | possum who plays dead when facing a difficult |
| you pick? Could you be compared to a lion | | | | situation? The list is endless for comparing our |
| because people hear your roar? Or perhaps a | | | | personality traits to animals or reptiles. The |
| possum who plays dead when facing a difficult | | | | creature that is of extreme interest to me to |
| situation? The list is endless for comparing our | | | | make a correlation to however, is none other |
| personality traits to animals or reptiles. The | | | | than the turtle. |
| creature that is of extreme interest to me to | | | | While a turtle may be cold, slimy and lives in a |
| make a correlation to however, is none other | | | | tank, pond or ocean, it does have other traits |
| than the turtle. | | | | that can be so human-like. The turtle envelops |
| While a turtle may be cold, slimy and lives in a | | | | itself in a hard natural shell, much like we envelop |
| tank, pond or ocean, it does have other traits | | | | ourselves in shells of fear, denial and guilt. The |
| that can be so very human-like. The turtle | | | | shells we wrap ourselves in are not always visible |
| envelops itself in a hard natural shell, much like we | | | | to others yet they are very much part of our |
| envelop ourselves in shells of fear, denial and guilt. | | | | being. |
| The shells we wrap ourselves in are not always | | | | Over the years I probably have developed a |
| visible to others yet they are very much part of | | | | "shell" of some sort......it was a necessity when |
| our being. | | | | going through cancer.....as long as I was "tough" |
| Over the years I probably have developed a | | | | and had my "shell" to protect me I could get |
| "shell" of some sort......it was a necessity when | | | | through. That shell often took the shape of |
| going through cancer.....as long as I was "tough" | | | | laughter, jokes, bravery.......when underneath I too |
| and had my "shell" to protect me I could get | | | | felt the same anxiety, fear, and worries that |
| through. That shell often took the shape of | | | | every cancer patient feels.....yet I focused on |
| laughter, jokes, bravery.......when underneath I too | | | | being tough for my children, my family and |
| felt the same anxiety, fear, and worries that | | | | myself. I have always been a positive thinker at |
| every cancer patient feels.....yet I focused on | | | | heart and it is indeed a necessity during a trying |
| being tough for my children, my family and | | | | time. Yes, the shell of determination was solidly in |
| myself. I have always been a positive thinker at | | | | place. |
| heart and it is indeed a necessity during a trying | | | | If we continue to ponder the virtues of turtles, |
| time. Yes, the shell of determination was solidly in | | | | we realize that a turtle does not get anywhere |
| place. | | | | without sticking its neck out. A turtle cannot take |
| If we continue to ponder the virtues of turtles, | | | | one simple step without sticking its head out. A |
| we realize that a turtle does not get anywhere | | | | turtle will stay closed up in its hard shell if it never |
| without sticking its neck out. A turtle cannot take | | | | sticks its head out. A turtle cannot get anywhere |
| one simple step without sticking its head out. A | | | | in life if it doesn't take that first step of sticking |
| turtle cannot get anywhere in life if it does not | | | | its head out.......I too found similarities to the turtle. |
| take that first step of sticking its head out of its | | | | Risks, adventures, trials, dreams, aspirations........all |
| shell. We are often like the turtle. Our turtle | | | | part of sticking my head out! If we don't take |
| tendencies at times cause us to withdraw within | | | | risks, stick our necks out, or seek new directions, |
| our shells and the process of taking risks, trying | | | | we quickly become stuck in the routine of our |
| new adventures, facing trials, striving for dreams, | | | | lives. |
| developing aspirations become stalled as we stay | | | | Risks are to be taken. The risks of trying a bit |
| within our shells of doubt and fear. If we don't | | | | harder and trying new things can propel us to |
| take risks, stick our necks out, or seek new | | | | new adventures and successes. The risk of |
| directions, we quickly become stuck in the routine | | | | enjoying life as it is meant to be enjoyed can be |
| of our lives. | | | | liberating. If we don't try new things and push |
| Risks are to be taken. The risks of trying a bit | | | | ourselves to new heights we will never know |
| harder and trying new things can propel us to | | | | what we can become.......and that would be a |
| new adventures and successes. The risk of | | | | shame. We are here to reach our potential......we |
| enjoying life as it is meant to be enjoyed can be | | | | are here to stick our necks out......we are here to |
| liberating! If we don't try new things and push | | | | be like the turtle......to stick our necks out to move |
| ourselves to new heights we will never know | | | | forward. I guess being like a turtle is not so bad. |
| what we can become.......and that would be a | | | | We are here to reach our potential......we are here |
| shame. | | | | to stick our necks out......we are here to be like the |
| If you were asked to compare your personality | | | | turtle......to stick our necks out to move forward. |
| traits to a living creature, what creature would | | | | Stick your neck out! Try something new! I guess |
| you pick? Could you be compared to a lion | | | | being like a turtle is not so bad! |