A carpenter went home after shutting down his workshop. When he was gone, a poisonous snake entered his workshop.
The snake was hungry and hoped to find its
supper lurking somewhere within. It slithered from one end to another.
Finally, it bumped into an axe and got very
slightly injured. In angry and revenge, the snake bit the axe with full force.
What could a snake’s bite do to the metallic
axe? Instead the snake’s mouth started bleeding. Out of fury and arrogance, the snake tried
its best to strangle and kill the metallic axe- the object that was causing it
the pain by wrapping itself around the axe.
The next day, the carpenter opened the
workshop. He found the dead snake wrapped around the blades of the axe.
Here, the snake did not die because of
someone’s fault. But it faced these consequences merely because of its own
anger and wrath.
Sometimes when angry, we try to cause harm to
others. But as time passes by, we realize that we caused more harm to
ourselves. It is not necessary that we react to everything. Step back and ask
ourselves if the matter is really worth responding to.
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