Fable of the porcupine

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Have you ever seen a baby porcupine?

Fable of the porcupine: A close relationship

It was the coldest winter ever and many animals died because of the cold.

Some porcupines, realizing the gravity of the situation, decided to group together to share warmth.

This way they were better covered and protected; however - the quills of each one wounded their closest companions.

After a while they decided to distance themselves one from the other and soon after they began to die, alone and frozen.

So they had to make a choice: either accept the quills of their companions or disappear from the Earth.

Wisely, they decided to go back to being together.

They learned to accept the little wounds that were caused by these close relationships, in order to benefit from what their companions offered.

It was this way that they were able to survive and thrive.


Moral of the story:

The best relationships are not ones that bring together perfect beings, but are instead ones where individuals learn to live with the imperfections of others and can still accept the gifts they have to offer.
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My comments:

Yes it is very good to have a close relationship. But one will have too many things at sake in involving in a close relationship. That is why so many people are choosing to be single or having no kids.

Most of the friendship one has nowadays are only based on self-benefits. How many friends we have that we can pour our hearts out or rest our lives upon??? People at this age do not even have time or heart to build a friendship...

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