Are we like nails?

Day after day, we grow. We die to self, and we need to be “shaped” into how we are really made–just like when we cut nails. If we are not “cut,” then we open ourselves to hurting others, ourselves, as well as focusing more energy to tend the supposedly dead part of the nail. This long part accumulate dirt easily, so it really takes a lot of energy and focus to maintain them neat and clean. So, keep them short and let the dead nails go.