Life is not short. Life is uncertain. Life is or is not.

Let the storm pass. 

You will see the bottom of the lake. 

Make the tortoise your friend. 

It is not a sea shell for you to break open, extract your pearl and throw away. 

It's hard exterior is there for a reason. 

It was an evolution to protect it from an unsafe environment. 

Pull back on the threats. 

It has realized that the ultimate power is self-dependence and not other-dependence. 

It is not a fool to trust, given your dirty track record.

It may not be able to go anywhere right now but at least it is alive. 

The world might think that it is too slow to progress as they compare it with the fast or the tall and settled ones. 

However, by staying safe, it can have the life it came to have. 

All experiences and growth are not necessarily exterior. 

Because it has life, it has hope. Hope is its first fundamental right and power. 

It knows the secret of divinity. 

Hence, it lives long and holds on to hope because it protects its only belonging- 'life' with all of its dear life itself. 

Another facet of divinity it benefits from is 'faith'. With this mighty faith, it travels long distances between continents without any effort because it flows inside the oceanic currents. This faith beats the faith of any fast or tall effort-taking personality. There is no comparison. Do you remember this-"Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven"? 

It does not do much because it is wise. It is a participant in a race bigger than marathons. It is not even a race of life but an education throughout all lives. It stays the course by never giving up.