The Scorpion and the Frog
A scorpion and a frog meet on the bank of a stream and 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 do, I will die too."
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, knowing they both will drown,
but has just enough time to gasp "Why?"
Replies the scorpion: "Its my nature..."
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ReplyDeleteIf the scorpion ignored its nature, I believe it would be a fundamentally changed being.
ReplyDelete"None of us really changes over time; we only become more fully what we are." Lestat (Anne Rice)
I believe this is true.
Matthew 12:34 "Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks."
Perhaps if the scorpion had a heart that was aimed at something greater, it could have resisted stinging the frog. In this act of rebellion against nature, would we find that the scorpion was never a scorpion at all? Perhaps the scorpion's self image has been stamped upon it's perception by the world at large in such a deep manner that it has taken that archetype to its very core. If this is true, is it the scorpion or the world at large's fault for the incident?
Life is just perception of your own reality. Maybe the frog was really a goat. Nary a goat be hung as a lamb as long as there are sheep in their stead. ;)