30 Build castles in the Sky

Build Castles in the Sky

Here is an interesting fact about spiders. Spiders are usually born on the lower branches of bushes or trees. Some for one reason or another decide to stay right there in the lower branches where, when old enough they leave the web of their parents and move over to another corner and build their own web.

There in the safety, they catch the odd fly and have enough on which to live, not fat or full but they get by.

Others decide to climb to the higher branches and build their webs on the exposed branches of the trees and bushes. These are the webs that get torn and battered by wind and rain. They are also the webs that are up there where most of the flies are, so the captures they make are more frequent. In turn, these spiders eat better, are stronger and bigger. 

One day one such spider met a very small young spider on the branch of a bush. The young spider looked at the big one in awe.

The large spider asked what the youngster was looking at. “Your size,” said the youngster.  “Ah,” said the large spider. The large spider went on to explain that if as a spider you choose to stay safe in the dark of the lower branches, they will stay small. While others who decide to struggle to the top will eat well and grow strong.

At the top the work is hard, but the rewards are plenty. 

“So, you see,” said the large spider, “You can look up in jealousy from a place of safety or you can work hard and build castles in the sky.”