I witnessed an interesting prey and hunter battle as in the cellphone photo above. Although not so clear since I could not get close enough, the hawk had in its keen sight on a praying mantis.
What struck me was that the mantis did not lay there and be eaten. It put up a fight and the hawk had to hop around it before throwing the last blow. In the end, the praying mantis lost, and the rest is history.
While simple and almost easy to just ignore the whole scene, it got me thinking. Life is an uphill battle. At times, the thought of throwing in the towel crosses my mind. That would be the equivalent of the prey just lying on the ground to be eaten, yet despite the formidable enemy, the praying mantis held its ground until it could no longer do so.
I have a renewed perspective of the many challenges I face in life. Keep fighting, a solution maybe just a stone throw away; won’t you?