I think the reason the extremely slow-traveling snail never gives up on where he's going is because he doesn't expect to get there any faster. I've come to realize that the high expectations I set for myself and others aren't in and of themselves bad. Rather, it's my forgetting that it's because of God that I or they have any hope of meeting that expectation. If what I am doing for the Lord, then my hope is in Him--not in myself and especially not in others. If it is to be and I am open and willing to do whatever He calls me to do, then it will happen.
