One day a snake chased a butterfly and chased it day and night. Fear gave the butterfly strength, it beat its wings and flew further and further. And the snake never tired of crawling on his heels. On the third day, the exhausted butterfly felt that it could no longer fly, it sat down on a flower and asked its pursuer:
“Before you kill me, can I ask you three questions?”
“It’s not my habit to provide such opportunities to victims, but oh well, we’ll consider these your dying wishes, you can ask.”
- Do you eat butterflies?
- No...
- Did I do something bad to you?
- No.
“Then why do you want to kill me?”
- I hate watching you flutter!!!
Very often we get offended, hate each other, wish our neighbor harm and don’t even think about it. But the reason is often in ourselves, we just need to look deeper into our hearts, and then we will be able to discern this snake - the “snake of envy,” which is one of the main reasons for human envy.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru