
Make your slime sparkly, or rainbow-colored if you like.

I’d like to encourage you to envision yourself covered in a protective, nurturing, healing slime. Perhaps you’re going through a challenging time with your health.

Symbolically, this links snail meaning with healing. The slime also has healing qualities too, so if they do get a boo-boo, their slime gets them on the mend in double time. This slime helps snails avoid injury while they’re on the move. They excrete a specialized goo that keeps their tender bodies insulated from harm. The second kind of snail slime is protective. What’s yours? What lubricates your ability to get up and do something? Do as the snail does…get slickered up and move forward in a positive direction. When I’m in a slump, unmotivated or just plain tired…thinking of the end result of a job done well…something I can create that pops with goodness…that’s my inspirational slime. My inspirational slime is creating stuff that makes a difference. We might call it “motivational” or “inspirational” slime. But, metaphorically, we can focus on things that motivate us to move.

Most of us might not want to be covered in a literal slime to get us moving in the right direction. Symbolically, this begs the question, “What facilitates our mobility?”. This slime lets them move over challenging surfaces, like sticky stuff or grit. Mederi went on to explain snails have a special slime for moving about, and another slime for protection.Īpparently the motion-slime allows snails to move from point A to point B in smooth, slick fashion. “Well,” she began intelligently, “for starters, they have two different kinds of slime.” Huh? Yep. We were discussing snails over a cup of coffee, and I inquired why she was so taken with these little creatures.
