The Snake Still Slithers

Greetings community,

In the update two weeks ago, I shared how I would like to make this blog more interactive. Rather than featuring a different animal each week, I expressed my plan to feature one animal each month. As part of this plan, I would write a paragraph or two on the featured animal in the first update of the month and then invite readers to share their own thoughts and stories in the following weeks. As I have not yet recieved any submissions from readers on the theme of the snake, I have decided to continue the snake theme through September.

The snake is a flexible creature that feels at home in diverse environments. It has no form, enabling it to twist and contort itself as needed. As we enter September and round the corner of summer, this flexibility becomes advantagous. Forces out of our control (namely the weather) are churning, pushing us this way and that. Caught in the midst of change, we are presented with two options: we can hold on to stability as we know it or we can allow ourselves to float along with the changes. With little voice in the face of the great sky, it seems only sensible that we lay down our tools for control and surrender to the forces that be.

"Great, another bit about the weather," you might be saying to yourself. So think about the weather as a metaphor for all the forces in your life beyond your control. I look forward to hearing your stories about how YOU negotiate with those forces!

Ben