Always trust your sixth sense if problems arise

Are you sometimes faced with a difficult dilemma and don’t know how to go about it? Sometimes it pays to follow your gut feeling and skirt away from problems. PHOTO| FILE| NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • Take the story of the turtle and the scorpion. It is said that scorpions have the most deadly sting of all insects, which is no wonder that most animals avoid them.

  • It is also said that they cannot swim. It happened that a certain scorpion wanted to cross a river and came across a turtle, which is a natural swimmer.

Are you sometimes faced with a difficult dilemma and don’t know how to go about it? Sometimes it pays to follow your gut feeling and skirt away from problems.

There was once a wild dog that had cornered a rabbit. Somehow, the rabbit managed to hide between rocks. As the dog tried to grab the rabbit, one of the rocks fell on the dog’s paw, trapping the animal and causing it great pain.

For hours, the dog pleaded with the rabbit to help him move the huge boulder.

The dog even promised not to eat the rabbit if she helped free him.

At first, the rabbit hesitated, but when the dog’s howling and pleading became too much, the kind-hearted rabbit pushed the stone and freed the dog.

'DON'T EAT ME, PLEASE'

As soon as the dog was free, he jumped onto the rabbit saying,

“Come here, you will do just fine for my lunch. I am really hungry!” The frightened rabbit pleaded saying, “Don’t eat me please. You promised not to eat me since I freed you from the rock”.

The dog laughed and retorted, “Forget my promise! It is my nature to eat rabbits, and I’m really hungry”. As the rabbit continued pleading with the dog, a monkey passed by. On hearing the commotion, he asked what the matter was. The rabbit explained that the dog was planning to eat her after she had freed him from a trap.

The monkey thought for a moment and replied, “I don’t believe either of you. Are you telling me that you, a tiny rabbit, were able to free him? Let’s go to the spot where you did it.

I want to see it for myself.”

When the animals got to the huge boulder, the dog obliged them both by placing his paw on the spot where he had been trapped for hours. After ensuring that the dog’s limb was firmly trapped under the rock, the monkey turned to the rabbit and said, “Run off little friend. He is an ungrateful dog, so let him free himself. Remember, sometimes it is wise to just walk away! “

Decisions should always be informed by the past experiences you have had with the person you are interacting with. They are also influenced by what you perceive to be the nature of the person. Also examine yourself.

What aspects of your character work against you? Is it your nature to trust easily like the rabbit? Do you take unnecessary risks to please others?

Take the story of the turtle and the scorpion. It is said that scorpions have the most deadly sting of all insects, which is no wonder that most animals avoid them. It is also said that they cannot swim. It happened that a certain scorpion wanted to cross a river and came across a turtle, which is a natural swimmer.

The scorpion pleaded with the turtle saying, “Please carry me on your back to the other side, as you know that I can’t swim”.

The turtle was hesitant and said, “I could allow you to ride on my back, but what guarantee do I have that you won’t sting me?” the scorpion replied, “I know that it’s my nature to sting, but in this case, if I stung you, we will both drown”. This convinced the turtle and so she allowed the scorpion on her back.

Halfway down the river, the scorpion stung the turtle. The turtle screamed in great pain, “I thought you promised not to sting me. Now, we are both going to perish”. As the two sank into the dark waters, the scorpion cried out, “I’m sorry I stung you. Now we will both die. I couldn’t resist stinging you — it’s just my nature!”

What informs your decisions? Don’t ignore your sixth sense-your gut feeling is almost always right!