A barnacle is something that attaches itself to the bottom of a boat. It weighs it down over time and one might say that it gets a proverbial free ride. In life, sometimes, things and negative people have subtle ways of latching on to us as well.
For a long time, like the boat, we don’t realize what is impeding our progress. We just know that we are not advancing or gaining at the desired speed. Our movement has been comprised and hampered.
So like boat owners, we must periodically pull our boats ashore and do a thorough inspection. When we see that we have been besieged by barnacles such as bad thoughts, unhealthy conditions or toxic company, we know that it is time to make an investment.
It is time to have the barnacles scraped off of the bottom of the boat, no matter how deeply they have managed to lodge themselves onto our backs or hidden sides. They have multiplied because they act deceptively and operate in low lying places that we rarely have a chance to examine or view openly.
Once we, have had an overhaul, we will naturally feel our movement’s original buoyancy. We will then be free to move at a mercurial pace as we sail into new and wonderful adventures!
Lynn M.
August 17, 2017
Lynn M's Reflections 
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