The Snake Story

I came across a nice blog, Happy Lotus, whose owner's name is Nadia (noo.. not being narcisstic this time.. she's another Nadia!); and in one of the articles, it quoted a classic Hindhu story about a snake. I just love the story as it shows how setting your boundaries and being kind & loving are not mutually exclusive. So I thought it is worth to share :)

There is a story that is told in India about a snake who got tired of children being afraid of it. Because of its desire to be loved, it followed the advice of a wise man to be more loving and stopped hissing when children were nearby. Eventually, the children started using the snake as a jump rope and it got upset for being disrespected. The story ends with the wise man telling the snake: “I told you to be loving but I did not tell you to forget to hiss”.

Comments

[Nadia - Happy Lotus]

Hi Nadia,

Thank you so much for mentioning me in your post and for sharing the Snake story. I really appreciate it.

By the way, I love your site. Very fresh and happy looking. I will be sure to stop by often. :)

Hope all is well.

[tantursyah]

I agree with u, being kind and loving are not mutually exclusive. Therefore, we may love something as need as possible, and we may dislike something as need as possible, may we? In order to avoid we get disappointment someday.

[T T Tan]

i did no know that snakes can love..i probably think they'll eat up the children unless they are a very small tree snake :)

[nadia febina]

@Nadia - Happy Lotus:
Hi Nadia, it's a pleasure to find you here! :)
The snake story deeply penetrated when I read it in your blog, so couldn't help but share it..
Thank you for stopping by, Nadia. I'll come to yours often definitely.

@tantursyah:
i dont feel it is right if we stop loving just to avoid disappointment, imho..
what do you think?

@T T Tan:
hahahaha.. it's a very good point, because I dont think they can either! :D aparently back then they could!

[tantursyah]

We dont stop loving. We still give love, but not excessive. Coz we dont want to become a jump rope :)

[nadia febina]

@tantursyah:
ah ya, i get what you mean.. :)
it's about setting boundaries, isn't it.

[mar3]

Is a great story
as a hindu myself I just heard the story for the first time here