This has always been one of my favorite stories and I have never felt the meaning of it more then I do tonight.
The Scorpion and the Frog
A scorpion and a frog meet on the bank of a stream and the scorpion asks the frog to carry him across on its back. The frog asks, "How do I know you won't sting me?" The scorpion says, "Because if I do, I will die too."
The frog is satisfied, and they set out, but in midstream, the scorpion stings the frog. The frog feels the onset of paralysis and starts to sink, knowing they both will drown,but has just enough time to gasp "Why?" Replies the scorpion: "Its my nature..."
The moral of this is sometimes even if your very life depends on it one can not go against their true nature. One may want to do what someone else expects them to do for love, approval, respect or even monetary gain, but when it comes down to the bottom line. We will all be true to our real nature which was born inside us. We can want to change we can try to change but there are things that are built into our very dna and no amount of effort will ever change. I told a friend of mine one time not to try to change another friend of ours, because it will not work. I told her you accept your friends as they are or if you can not do that you go find new friends. Over the years many have tried to change me and from time to time I have changed some things to please my friends, but there are some things so deep in my nature I could not change them if I wanted to.
