Something extraordinary caught my attention few days ago on a wet morning. The rain had just stopped so I moved out to enjoy the refreshing nature that we are blessed with. While I was walking on a cemented surface I saw something silver and shiny. It looked like someone had robbed a barrel of liquid silver and while running way had accidently left a trail. I decided to follow just to satisfy the curious me. Before I started following the trail I zoomed in to have a closer look. It looked like a mark left by a snail, but this seemed different, larger and thicker. As I began following this extraordinary looking ordinary trail I saw a huge African snail. This beautiful looking creature was so vulnerable, it was in the parking area, could be smashed easily by a vehicle. I felt pity thus picked it up and placed it in the garden nearby.
I felt proud as a scout since I helped the creature, and decided to get some rest; luckily I soon spotted a bench as I was heading towards it I got an insight. The snail has lot to teach us. Firstly, life is not as easy as it appears to be, it has to struggle so much just to go somewhere, and it has to keep up with the fast changing world. But the snail knows what it is, despite of its difficulties it still decide to tread the dangerous path. Second, no matter how insignificant or helpless you feel your Creator will take care because he has a purpose for all. Finally, most important thing is that we don’t know what the future entails, we may die and go but we need to leave a mark, we need to be of help to this wounded humanity especially in the present circumstances.
That very evening curiosity got the better of me; I started looking for snail trails. I found one trail; I was excited about the potential chance I had to help yet another snail. But to my dismay when I reached the end of the trail I could only see a crushed shell. It was dry indicating that it wasn’t fresh. The snail was dead but it had left a mark.
Moral: Leave a mark, your life counts.
