Baby Porcupine

Just received a email like this aftering writing the blog.

My first reaction was, "How lovely, so cute!!!"

Here the words follow:

"Fable of the porcuple:

It was the coldest winter ever,

many animals died because of the cold.

The porcupines, realizing the situation,

decided to group together.

This way they covered and protected themselves; but

the quills of each one wounded their closest companions

even though they gave off heat to each other.

After awile they decided to distance themselves one

from the other and they began to die, alone and frozen.

So they had to make a choice:

either accept the quills of their copanions

or disappear from the earth.

Wisely, they decided to go back to being together.

They learned to live with the little wounds that were

caused by the close relationship with their companion,

but the most important part of it,

was the heat that came from the others.

This way they were able to survive....."

Moral of the story:

The best relationship is not the one that brings together

perfect people, but the best is when each individual

learns to live with the imperfections of others

and can admire the other's good qualities.

Such an inspiring story behind the lovely baby porcupine.