LESSONS FROM NATURE

by white tailed deer and a few other mammals which is like informing that both prey and the predator should save time and energy by giving up the chase. Playing dead, mimicry, distraction, using their defensive structures etc., are a few other methods where animals instinctively avoid confronting the enemies. The goal of all the above being the same—to avoid fighting which will result in destruction. These diverse methods of protection that nature has schooled animals in hold important lessons for humans. Animals use this approach to deal with opponents on the basis of instinct. Humans must use the very same approach, but based on conscious choice and awareness. For man, too, the best policy to adopt vis-à-vis their opponents is to save themselves from directly clashing with them, and instead, to try to move ahead. Your opponent should not get the opportunity to feel that you are interfering in his domain. If you happen to confront your opponent, you should appear to be inactive, saving yourself from his aggression. Or, you should keep yourself carefully confined to your own domain, and in this way, convince your opponent that you will not cause him any harm. Along with this, you should also adopt measures that will enable you to foil your opponent’s aggressive plans in a possible emergency situation. Animals did not invent these above-cited methods of protection by themselves. It was God who taught them, so these methods have divine sanction. They are not a form or expression of cowardice. Rather, they indicate a necessary pragmatism. They teach us humans that we too, should avoid unnecessary confrontation with others, and instead, should focus on our own growth. o The behaviour of animals teaches us humans that we too, should avoid unnecessary confrontation with others, and instead, should focus on our own growth. Recognition Recognition always comes after rejection.