Imagine a man running away from a wild elephant.
The wild elephant is gaining on him.
He sees a well, and decides to jump in.
As he is making the jump, he notices a crocodile in the well.
Desperate, he clutches on to a few roots of a banyan tree that happen to be reaching into the well.
He looks up.. the elephant is waiting.
And then looks down.. the crocodile now has it’s mouth open in anticipation.
All of a sudden, a few drops of honey fall on his lips.
He feels a sense of bliss as he tastes them.
For a few moments, he forgets the elephant and the crocodile.
And then he tries looking for the source of the honey
and finds the honey comb only to be dismayed.
Right below the honey comb, he sees a white mouse and a black mouse slowly, but steadily nibbling away at the branch he’s clinging onto..
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That man symbolizes us.
The elephant is time.. we are always rushing, trying to get ahead of it.
The crocodile is death.. always waiting – even if we prefer living life pretending it doesn’t exist.
Luck helped the man find branches. After all his hard work running away from the elephant, he was bound to find some assistance from Lady Luck.
The drops of honey symbolize moments of happiness. Happiness makes us forget time and death.
And the black and white mice are night and day respectively, slowly but steadily calling time to our lives.
This story likely touched some sort of chord. I think it touches a different chord for each one of us. Happy reflecting..
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