There is an ancient Taoist expression that ‘A frog in a well never knows the vast ocean’. This is a reminder to be humble and to accept the world as being vast, with our own knowledge of it limited. We must never assume to have the answers to everything, but instead be humble students.
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Is that ?crow hypnotising the frog?
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Hahaha it seems like it, he looks like he is mesmerising him now you say it. It’s a very cute and yet ancient picture, kawaii even before Japanese kawaii was a thing ๐
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The crow and the frog, old enemies from way back when. This time the frog has an unnatural size advantage though.
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Are they old enemies? that’s very interesting I didn’t know that! I wonder who would come out of a rumble between the two of them, yes perhaps the frog as he is bigger.
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Oh not sure about the enemies part, just can imagine crows have eaten more than a few frogs over the years lol
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LOL
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And yes. Stay humble. Great advice.
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Yes…always the student and never the master I reckon
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Just gotta be the master of the well;)
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Maybe…or maybe the well is the master? ๐
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Love the photo of froggy ๐ hope he finds his way beyond the well if he needs to.
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Well said! These prejudices are the old fundamental problem of man! I must think of the story of five blind apes and an elephant.๐๐ค๐๐ค
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