The Snake and the Firefly

There was once a firefly who liked to fly among the trees in a jungle. One day, a snake came along and looked at the firefly flying around, working, eating, and shining with its great green light. The snake didn’t have much to do, though, so he decided to chase the firefly around to eat him… First just keeping a watchful eye, then slithering softly along and lastly chasing rapidly around. The firefly flew as fast as those little wings could take him, but eventually grew tired and fell to the ground, where the snake was awaiting. Before the snake could eat him, he pleaded to ask a few questions, to which the snake replied: “Hmm… I don’t usually give this privilege to my food, but go ahead”. The firefly then asked “Am I in your food chain?”, and the snake answered “No…”. “Are you hungry?” mumbled the defenseless little firefly. “Not really, no” said the vicious snake. “Then why do you want to eat me?” cried the firefly, to which the snake stated clearly “Because I just can’t stand to see you shine!”

Guys, I wanted to share this fable with you today because I had a meeting with some fellow bloggers where we discussed a couple of situations, mainly comparing different nations with this one: Mexico. There is a huge lack of culture in almost every aspect, be it political, social, educational… you name it, there are always “traditions” that keep mexicans from striving for greatness, which in turn lead the mexicans of the future to believe that we are not able to do this, or not capable of achieving that, WHICH WE ALL ARE. We are no different than someone from Australia, China, Japan, Nicaragua or Turkey. You and I have a brain, we eat, drink, piss and sleep just as any other person, so why are we different? Because this country has educated people to just DO, not THINK! If someone dares to think, he’s immediately pulled back down by someone who “can’t stand to see him/her shine”. It’s about time we realized that we only need to “fly harder”: Get an education (a good education does not depend on the school you go to or how much you pay for it, it all depends on how much you really want to learn) and think your brains off people. Don’t just imagine things, make them happen… That is what marks the difference between those who just had a dream, and those who live it everyday.

Take care and misbehave.

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