{"id":3177,"date":"2018-05-03T09:15:38","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T09:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/?p=3177"},"modified":"2018-05-03T09:16:59","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T09:16:59","slug":"its-never-too-late-to-dream-just-like-the-snail-in-spurgeons-quote-adeoye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/2018\/05\/its-never-too-late-to-dream-just-like-the-snail-in-spurgeons-quote-adeoye","title":{"rendered":"It’s Never too Late to Dream just like the Snail in Spurgeon’s Quote – Adeoye"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Adeoye Falade<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sometimes it\u2019s never too late for anything you really dream of achieving.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Charles Spurgeon was an English Baptist Preacher.<\/p>\n

I have come to accept the fact that there is no shortage of things to draw inspiration from in life. People, places, books and personal experiences are just a few among these things.<\/p>\n

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But I now have a new category that is of inspirational worth also \u2013 animals.<\/p>\n

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I was preparing a set of short inspirational quotes sometime last year when I came across a quote by Charles Spurgeon that never left me since then. I didn\u2019t have to memorise it; it just stuck. It\u2019s short, witty (and I love witty), and a whole lot more that I can go on and on playing with adjectives that catch my fancy.\u00a0 Plus. there was a biblical base. The quote simply read: \u201cBy perseverance, the snail reached the ark.\u201d<\/p>\n

Does this sound familiar?<\/p>\n

If it does, have you ever taken the time to really ponder beyond the witty wisdom of the author? I am going to share a few insights from the above quote in the hope that it will resonatewithn you somehow.<\/p>\n

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Our limitations shouldn\u2019t put us off from our goal<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Consider the fact that the snails had to achieve their goal of reaching the ark just like the other animals.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s just one problem, they were slow; so slow that even the tortoise would have had a laugh at their struggles. But they didn\u2019t allow this limitation to derail them, they kept their eyes fixed on the ark and ended up on it just like the others.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the way it is with us too.<\/p>\n

We all have certain challenges on the way to achieving our goals but we shouldn\u2019t let it deter us from what God has in store for us.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBy perseverance, the snail reached the ark.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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You are not alone in your struggles<\/strong><\/h3>\n

There were two snails \u2013 they\u2019re hermaphrodites by the way, but I\u2019m not trying to play the numbers game or desperately looking for ways to make you see them as couples.<\/p>\n

What is instructive here is the fact that we\u2019re never alone in our struggles. We all have that one (or more) person we can look to for encouragement: a spouse, best friend, pastor, mentor, family, etc. These people all have limitations and challenges of their own but they\u2019re with us for a reason. By sharing experiences, we serve as a source of encouragement to one another in our daily struggles towards our goals.<\/p>\n

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The ark waited<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As slow as the snails were, the ark didn\u2019t leave till they got in. Now I don\u2019t know whether Noah went out to scoop them or whether they got to the ark themselves. I would like to believe the snails got there on their own (hey, that\u2019s much more epic).<\/p>\n

Sometimes it\u2019s never too late for anything you really dream of achieving.<\/p>\n

Some people have, because of a perceived limitation, lived a life of regret; wishing that they \u2018could have\u2019 or \u2018should have\u2019. In as much as the ark was still in sight, the snails knew they had a shot, and they took it. You also have that measure of grace God has made possible despite any limitations on the way to achieving your goals.<\/p>\n

You always have a shot!<\/p>\n

This is what I learnt when I decided to look a little closer at that quote. We all need to persevere and also be persistent in facing life challenges. While we must acknowledge our limitations, we shouldn\u2019t allow them to rule our thoughts and prevent us from achieving greatness.<\/p>\n

One last bit of trivia about snails: if their eyes happen to be cut off, they can always grow new ones. That\u2019s how special they are.<\/p>\n

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Over to you!<\/p>\n

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By Adeoye Falade   Sometimes it\u2019s never too late for anything you really dream of achieving.   Charles Spurgeon was an English Baptist Preacher. I have come to accept the fact that there is no shortage of things to draw inspiration from in life. People, places, books and personal experiences are just a few among […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3177"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3182,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3177\/revisions\/3182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}