The Lessons From Ants
The Lessons From Ants
The Lessons From Ants
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Ants work in groups, And achieve their goal in unity Alas! Men lack this and fail NOTE: Let us have a look at the lives of ants. There are a good number of lessons, We the human beings can pick up from these insignificant creatures. Though they fail sometimes in their attempts they never give up. They try and try and try until they reach their task. They gather their food in group in unity. And preserve it for the rainy season. These little creatures struggle to build their homes on earth. But the giants of earth, we the human beings quite often destroy it knowingly or unknowingly. But they never give up and find a new place and re-build it. But Alas! The humans most often fail miserably in their attempts And get frustrated and leave the goal behind the way. They attempt to do their things selfishly and try to carry it alone, And utterly fail in many of their attempts. They fail in their attempts mainly due to the lack of this unity. In the Holy Bible, in the book of ProverbSolomon the wisest man ever lived on earth said, and I quote: "Go to ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways and be wise Which having no guide, overseer or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest." *1 And the wisest man again said: "Four things on earth are small, Yet they are extremely wise: Ants are creatures of little strength, Yet they store up their food in the summer" *2 The ants comes first in that list, Though they are small in size they are wise. And do their things wisely and reach their goal. But, Alas!! We the human beings lack this "unity"
And we fail miserably in all our attempts. Why can't we look at these little wise creatures And pick up these precious lessons for our good. Lets learn this and practice this in our daily life. Source Reference: *1 Proverb Chapter 6: verse 6 - 8 (King James Version Bible) *2 Proverb Chapter 30:24- 25 (New International Version Bible) PICTURE CREDIT: Myrmecocystus (Honeypot) ants store food to prevent colony famine. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Think of mans spirit of division. Everywhere in life he finds loopholes to divide. He is more interested in division than in unity. That is why Jesus Christ said, If a nation divides itself into groups, that nation cannot stand. If a family divides itself into groups, that family will not survive.(Mark 3:24-25) That divisive spirit of man made Jesus to pray, Holy Father, keep them in your Name so that they may be one, just as we are. (John 17:11) 5) Action in time The active nature of the ants attracted Solomon very much. That made him rebuke the lazy man saying, You idler, go to the ant, watch her ways and be wise. She has no master, no steward or overseer. She secures food in summer and stores up provisions during harvest time.(Proverbs 6: 68) It is a charging scourge on the laziness of man. It is mere negligence of inaction due to laziness that causes many problems. He reminds man to be forewarned and active. 6) Spirit of saving The saving spirit of the ants is well-known. Solomon has explained it very clearly. They save for the period when they cannot get food. Economists insist the necessity of saving for future. But the modern trend of life is to waste extravagantly. Without any remorse in their conscience they spend unnecessarily and they amass wealth in unjust ways to spend like this. The lessons from these tiny ants are great challenges for modern humanity. The lessons they teach should lead us to enlightenment and unity. They should enable us to handle the resources of nature very seriously.