Processionary Caterpillars -

A man or a woman without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
Each will drift and not drive. Each will end up on the beaches of
despair, defeat and despondency. John Henry Fabre, the great French
naturalist, conducted a most unusual experiment with some
Processionary Caterpillars. These caterpillars blindly follow the
one in front of them. Hence, the name. Fabre carefully arranged
them in a circle around the rim of a flower pot, so that the lead
caterpillar actually touched the last one, making a complete circle.
In the center of the flower pot he put pine needles, which is food
for the Processionary Caterpillar. The caterpillars started around
this circular flower pot. Around and around they went, hour after
hour, day after day, night after night. For seven full days and
seven full nights they went around the flower pot. Finally, they
dropped dead of starvation and exhaustion. With an abundance of food less than six inches away, they literally starved to death, because
they confused activity with accomplishment. Many Christians make
that same mistake.

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