The BITE of the ADDER

An excerpt from Nietzsche’s book- Thus Spoke Zarathustra:
One day Zarathustra had fallen asleep under a fig-tree, owing to the heat, with his arm over his face. Along came an Adder and bit him in the neck, causing Zarathustra to scream with pain. When he had taken his arm from his face, he LOOKED DOWN at the serpent. When the Adder recognized THE EYES of Zarathustra, it began to awkwardly wriggle, attempting to GET AWAY.  

"Don’t GO!" said Zarathustra, "You have yet to receive my thanks! For, you have awakened me just in time and my journey is long."

"Oh, no, your journey is short," said the Adder sadly; "For, my poison is fatal."

Zarathustra SMILED, "When did a DRAGON ever die from the poison of a snake? So, take back your poison- For, you are NOT rich enough to give it to me!"

Complying, the Adder slithered back onto Zarathustra’s neck and licked the poison from the wound.

P.S. Who hasn’t been bitten by an Adder? Arthur Lee of Love said it best, “There are people wearing frowns who will screw you up- but they would rather screw you DOWN.”  We all have our Betrayers, Backstabbers, and Haters. To all those I have encountered & will encounter, I say, “THANK YOU for awakening my slumber- For, I see you clearly… Now, take back your poison.”

B.P.S. To quote a Bob Marley song, “Who de cap fit- Let dem wear it.” Just an essential antidote when DEALING WITH THE UNDISCERNING … From the Lookout Post