A Snake Is In The Building

I work in a warehouse, and just the other day a rat-snake entered into the building. To me, it was very shocking to see a four foot snake in the building. Especially in a building where a dozen men were working and the loud noise of gas fork lifts were roaring about.

It just so happened that I heard the boss calling out as if someone was hurt. In an industrial environment you drop everything that you are doing if possible to answer the cry of distress.

I came running to see what the ruckus was all about, only to see a large snake crawling along the floor. My first instinct was to kill the snake, but the security guards had another plan. They would capture the slithery creature and set it free in an adjoining open field. I ran and got a push broom to hold the snake in place while someone figured out how to pick it up and put it in a bag.

One of my coworkers kept playing with the tail of the snake. The snake looked as if to say, "don't do that". The coworker kept agitating the serpent. It became very angry and went from fear mode to attack mode. I told the security guard that "I am not going to hold this snake any longer". He took the broom and let the pressure off of the snake. The snake jump up in the air about three of four feet. I stood back at a distance. The snake moved under a stack of parts. We could no longer find the snake. A lady from another building came to search for the snake. She informed us that she had handled snakes before. She searched for about and hour and a half and found the snake. She grabbed it by the tail and while another person help put the snake in a bag.

This story reflects how strange things can enter into relationships without invitation. It is there to sir up trouble. I learned from this incident is that we should deal head-on with things that come to bring trouble in our relationships. If we let troubles just have its on free course there could be real trouble ahead. The woman who handled the snake represents relentlessness to resolve the issue right now. The gentleman who taunted the snake represent people whom we allow to speak into our ears of to stir in the problems. The are many keys in this story to me about resolving issues in our relationships. We must not let it pass us by. We must act now. We must develop a plan. We must never allow a snake into our relationships.