The Chamber of Scorpions
Hello Kiddies,
There have been things lately that have become more obvious to me. As most long time readers know, I have a great affinity for frogs, and occasionally identify myself in those terms. Sometimes however, that's to my detriment.
One of the most famous of Aesop's Fables is the Tale of the Scorpion and the Frog, in that tale the frog is like me, a trusting soul and a bit naive.
A scorpion and a frog meet on the bank of a stream. The scorpion asks the frog to carry him across on its back. The frog asks, "How do I know you won't sting me?" The scorpion says, "because if I sting you while you cross the stream, surely I shall drown ."
The frog is satisfied, and they set out. But in midstream, the scorpion stings the frog. The frog feels the onset of paralysis and starts to sink, but has just enough time to gasp "Why? Now you shall surely drown!"
The scorpion replies: "Because it is my nature."
I have kept company with a lot of scorpions in my life, generally getting wiser to avoid the sting. Occasionally though, my trusting nature will betray me. Today I felt the particiularly painful sting of one scorpion I had asked back into my life. I can honestly say it took me by surprise, which made it all the more painful. There would probably be people who would say 'I told you so', the ones who I didn't listen to warning me about it. That's life though, sometimes you trust people and get stung. Will it make me change my trusting nature? Probably not, but I will always get better at avoiding the stings. Today's video has a similar story by one of our heroes, the former Romeo Blue, who probably got stung a few times in his life too.
There have been things lately that have become more obvious to me. As most long time readers know, I have a great affinity for frogs, and occasionally identify myself in those terms. Sometimes however, that's to my detriment.
One of the most famous of Aesop's Fables is the Tale of the Scorpion and the Frog, in that tale the frog is like me, a trusting soul and a bit naive.
A scorpion and a frog meet on the bank of a stream. The scorpion asks the frog to carry him across on its back. The frog asks, "How do I know you won't sting me?" The scorpion says, "because if I sting you while you cross the stream, surely I shall drown ."
The frog is satisfied, and they set out. But in midstream, the scorpion stings the frog. The frog feels the onset of paralysis and starts to sink, but has just enough time to gasp "Why? Now you shall surely drown!"
The scorpion replies: "Because it is my nature."
I have kept company with a lot of scorpions in my life, generally getting wiser to avoid the sting. Occasionally though, my trusting nature will betray me. Today I felt the particiularly painful sting of one scorpion I had asked back into my life. I can honestly say it took me by surprise, which made it all the more painful. There would probably be people who would say 'I told you so', the ones who I didn't listen to warning me about it. That's life though, sometimes you trust people and get stung. Will it make me change my trusting nature? Probably not, but I will always get better at avoiding the stings. Today's video has a similar story by one of our heroes, the former Romeo Blue, who probably got stung a few times in his life too.
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