There is a small snail in the grass next to you. You have no idea the snail is there, but its existence nonetheless is real, and the fact that it is there really doesn’t impede on your decision making skills, but if you noticed it, and really thought about it, a level of caution would reach a conclusion in your mind and you would tread more carefully around its petite frame. Recognition isn’t all that necessary for that form of life, though. In fact, being unrecognized is better for the snail. It is able to go about its business unharnessed as it slithers around on the cold ground. Its existence is one of self preservation. It seeks no appreciation. But, to view it — to see it from an outsider’s perspective — the undemanding, repetitive and singular beauty of its tasks and purpose can shed some insight into your own life and decision making. The honor in a simple life.
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