I was at the river museum not to long ago with my daughter and we saw a snake that had shed its skin. My daughter asked why it did that, and I explained that snakes shed their skin so that they can grow. She asked if people can do the same, and I said no, our skin grows with us.
This conversation got me thinking about how we as humans change, grow, and evolve. The snake shedding its skin is very symbolic to me in that humans too must learn how to shed or let go of the past so that we can grow and transition through life.
Just as everything in nature is constantly changing and evolving we must do the same so that we can move fluidly with life, dissolving our expectations of how things "should" be and moving with the unexpected transitions that inevitably occur in life.
Just as our skin stretches and grows as we do, so too must our spirit have the freedom to do the same. In order to emerge from this life in our most true and pure form, we must allow for change and welcome it with open arms.
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