In Our Nature

A monk be a rivers edge was being carefully watched by a young boy. The monk scooped up a scorpion from the water and put it back on the bank of the river, saving its life. As the monk put the scorpion down, he was stung by the scorpion. The boy watching thought it must have been painful.

Moments later the scorpion walked back into the water and was drowning again. Soon the monk was once again saving the scorpion and was again stung. After watching this dance over and over, the boy approached the monk. Puzzeled he asked, "why is it that you bother to keep saving the scorpion? Every time you save him, he stings you. That makes no sense to me. Why keep it up?" Smiling at the boy the monk replied, "Just as it is in the nature of the scorpion to sting, It is in the nature of Human Beings to save.

Jaye Morris, Curator
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