SHELLS OF SAFETY! Say that 5 times fast!

 

     Growing up, my family had a lawn care business called, Orme's Mowing Madness. We dealt with lawns of all shapes and sizes. Seriously, we would have been better off with a chainsaw than a mower on some of the lawns we had to fix. We would find things like toys, shovels, golf balls, cars, lost children, etc. Well, one time, my brothers left to go mow a forest of a lawn and came home with our very first turtle. Luckily they had found the little guy before the mower did! Since that day I have loved turtles! My college roommate, Tevan, even had a turtle that would just swim in circles, and I even loved that little guy.





 
Think of the movies or stories you know that have turtles in it. Turtles are always the best character, whether it is in the story of The Tortoise and the Hare, Finding Nemo, Ninja Turtles, Kung Fu Panda or even The Master of Disguise. They just rock!

     Nobody ever thinks of a turtle without thinking they're "old" and "wise". The old part has nothing do with anything, I just think it's funny, but there has to be a reason people see them as wise. So what can these ancient geniuses teach us? We live in a crazy world. We are surrounded by...well, crazy, worldly stuff! Turtles would probably call it cats, seagulls, and toddlers. For us, it is a little more serious. Violence, drugs, and immorality are on every corner. We face problems like these every single day! You can be as positive as you want, but eventually the garbage takes a toll. What do we do???  
     This is where we really learn from the turtles. We go to a place of safety! Turtles are lucky enough to have their safety or shells on their backs. Our "shells" exist, we just have to know where to find them. The following video shows us how we can find safety in our world today!

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