{"id":1960,"date":"2014-10-03T23:56:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T03:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=1960"},"modified":"2014-10-03T23:56:13","modified_gmt":"2014-10-04T03:56:13","slug":"walk-this-way-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=1960","title":{"rendered":"Walk this way…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"turtle\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Today, I met a box turtle.\u00a0 His name is Lou the Box Turtle.\u00a0 But the group of people I were with called him Lucky.\u00a0 Specifically, because on the way to our meeting, one of the guys in the group saw this turtle crossing State Route 122.\u00a0 So he stopped his car, and retrieved him.<\/p>\n

Lou came with his new friend to the meeting.\u00a0 He sat very politely, on our meeting table, in…. of all things….. a cardboard box.\u00a0 I didn’t realize the irony until just this moment.<\/p>\n

He was a nice turtle.\u00a0 But mostly I just think he wished to be on his way.\u00a0 Albeit, on his way….. slowly…..\u00a0 and not very judiciously around traffic.\u00a0\u00a0 But he was probably hoping to get back home.\u00a0 With the Mrs. or Mr…..\u00a0 and all the little kid turtles.<\/p>\n

Heck… it is Friday.\u00a0\u00a0 They were probably going to watch a movie tonight… like something with Shelley Winters in it…. or even Shelley Duval.\u00a0 And later… have a special snack of Snails and Berries.<\/p>\n

To digress.\u00a0 Now that I think of it…….I was at a fancy restaurant once and had Snails with a Berry Sauce.\u00a0 I should have asked to see the chef.<\/p>\n

At any rate.\u00a0 Box Turtles live to be 100 years old… in good conditions.\u00a0 I don’t know how old Lou was… but he was moving pretty good…. even for a turtle.<\/p>\n

As I reflect about my afternoon with Lou, I would say that we can probably learn a lot from the\u00a0 box turtle.<\/p>\n

Turtles are methodical.\u00a0 Persistent.\u00a0 Measured.\u00a0 Even paced, resolute, and steady.
\nWhen danger comes, the turtle protects itself in a non-threatening way.
\nThey are not on the offense, rather, they advance placidly.
\nAnd they are beautiful, in their own very unique way.<\/p>\n

Those all seem like pretty good things to me… as we all try to navigate life.<\/p>\n

I think tomorrow I’ll try to be more like a turtle.\u00a0 And less like the hare.<\/p>\n

Yeah.\u00a0 Right. \u00a0 It sounded good in theory.\u00a0 But since I won’t take anything like a tranquilizer… it will probably never happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.\u201d \u2014J.K. Rowling <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cOur background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.\u201d \u2014Barbara Geraci <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cToo many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.\u201d \u2014Malcolm Forbes<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, I met a box turtle.\u00a0 His name is Lou the Box Turtle.\u00a0 But the group of people I were with called him Lucky.\u00a0 Specifically, because on the way to our meeting, one of the guys in the group saw this turtle crossing State Route 122.\u00a0 So he stopped his car, and retrieved him. Lou […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nowyouseeit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1960"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1963,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960\/revisions\/1963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}