During a very remote ice age, when the globe was covered by dense ice sheets, many animals could not resist the intense cold and died defenseless because they did not adapt to the harsh weather conditions.
It was then that a large herd of porcupines, in an attempt to protect themselves and survive, began to come together, to come together more and more. So each could feel the warmth of the other's body. And all together, tightly knit together, warmed each other, facing that dark winter longer. But, ungrateful life, the thorns of each began to hurt their closest companions, precisely those who gave them the most heat, that vital heat, matter of life and death. And they went away, wounded, hurt, suffering.
They scattered because they could no longer bear the thorns of their fellow men. It hurt a lot ...
But that was not the best solution: apart, apart, they soon began to freeze to death. Those who did not die came back, little by little, cleverly, with precautions, so that, united, each retained a a certain distance from each other, minimal, but sufficient to live without injury, to survive without hurting, without causing reciprocal damage.
Thus, by learning to love, they endured the long ice age. They survived.
"The more we engage in the happiness of others, the greater our sense of well-being becomes. Cultivating a sense of closeness and compassionate warmth for the other automatically puts our mind in a state of peace. This helps remove any fears. worries or insecurities we may have, and it gives us a lot of strength to fight whatever obstacles we encounter. This is the most powerful cause of success in life. "
