Do endure this tale, a true life story of sorts.

 

So one fine evening, I was thinking about nothing in particular and just walking about. I happened upon a spider, a really busy one.

Rain had fallen in the afternoon so I guessed it had destroyed its web because it was in a frenzy. Going up and down a lot of times before it began to go in a circle over and over.

All my attention was on the little guy moving so quickly and yet with such caution that it was a beautiful sight to behold. Close to him was another one, much bigger than he. On a different space, crafting a much bigger web. Following the same patterns as the smaller one but on a larger scale.

They were going like their lives depended on it-it actually did but you get the point.

 

I saw another one much smaller than the first, doing the same. Then a total of six busy, web-making spiders. Each one differing from the other in size and work.

 

Spent quite some time watching them finish their webs and I was really impressed. Like I totally get why Spiderman is so cool.

 

 

 

 

More than just bug-watching however, I was amazed at some not-so-odd things that were really relatable.

 

Here are what amazed me

 

Each was focused on his own web

 

 

There were different sizes of the webs that were being made but they didn’t really care.

 

And yes, I know they don’t really have the faculties to evoke or harbour jealousy, envy or other human feelings but it is still worth noting.

It was almost as though they were programmed to know that what the other was doing didn’t really matter and were all focused on making what would work for them(there wasn’t a struggle for the biggest one, no comparison, just doing). The sizes of the webs they made were all proportional to their own size because smaller would be insufficient to get what they needed, and bigger would prove a waste of both resources and energy.

 

They can never outgrow making webs

 

 

No matter how big a web-dependent spider grows, it never outgrows making webs. The webs instead only get bigger/wider.

 

The little things we start off with are never really dispensable. Whatever forms the roots of the start of your upward journey will still be highly needed for you to keep going up.

Advice/counsel, responsibilities, discipline, faith, purpose et cetera are things we never outgrow, rather they expand as we grow.

 

 

Different spider species of the same size still have different web sizes

 

 

Spiders may not be traditional creatures but the proverb ‘All fingers are not equal’ still applies to them.

 

Say different species are of the same size, the size and structure of each one’s web would still differ greatly. Some being very wide, thin and simple, others being compact and complex.

 

It’s no news that we are all different in every way. In IQ, in talents, and in finance, to mention but these three. 

However, what will be common to everyone of us regardless of those differences, will be the avenue for growth, development and utilization of whatever we have at our disposal.

 

Hence, a wide damaged web would not be able to catch effectively though it has the reach to do so, whereas a  healthy, compact one would be able to satisfy all the needs of its spider.

 

 

They keep at it

 

 

You could say that their tremendous commitment to setting up and repairing their webs is because their lives depend on it. You wouldn’t be wrong though because it actually does. But it doesn’t make it any less admirable.

 

Winds and rains ruin their works probably everyday. The catching of insects that the web helps to do also damages the web too. Throw in the havoc wreaked by man(e.g my destroying a web just for fun), and you would have enough misfortune to break a man.

 

But they continue still, and that doggedness has contributed to their survival

 

“...remember the struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose...”

- Chadwick Boseman

 

 

Lookin at me bruh?... Wanna go?

 

 

Anyway, when they were all done with their artworks, I was captivated by the finished products. It felt like an art exhibition and I enjoyed it.

 

I was distracted for awhile and when I checked back again, the biggest web belonging to the biggest one had been wrecked. I couldn’t even find the spider. I was annoyed and felt for the poor guy, he had only finished that beautiful piece.

But somewhere deep down, I knew he would be back.

 

 

Do you agree at all with this? If not, do share your thoughts and if so, do add to these ones.

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