Both the spider and the silk worm spin silk.
One day the spider said, "I admit your silk is better than the silk from the spider, your silk is both yellow and white, dazzling and bright. You use the silk that you spin yourself, to make a beautiful cocoon, then live inside thinking falsely you are kings.
In your little cocoon you wait until the women put you in scalding hot water and peel your silk off strand by strand. Then your beautiful cocoons are all gone. What a shame, though you have the ability to create such beauty, then die because of it, is this not stupid ?"
The silk worm thinking about what the spider said, answered, "Our actions are actually like suicide, but we are made to spin silk, and if it is so that people can weave beautiful brocades, then let us die giving others beauty. You say our labor is a waste but it is in return for food and shelter during our lives and for our children for generations to come, a fair trade. Look at you spiders and how you use your silk.
All you weave for yourself, to make a trap that will let you eat the little bugs that fly in and lie in wait for a chance to bite the hand that brushes away the death you leave behind. You don't regret it either. Don't you think that is a little cruel and selfish on your part? To use your silken strands to harm instead of help? To make enemies instead of friends."
The spider crawled away and did not answer.
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Many people think it's such a waste to do things that don't benefit them. These people cannot understand why would one sacrifice for the benefit of others. But on the other hand there are some people who are satisfied knowing that their sacrifices can benefit others. These people don't think their labors are stupid actions since they gain satisfaction not by bettering themselves but others.
So if we are not able to understand one's decision, don't despise, let's just respect it.
Chinese myth of the Spider and the Silk Worm
from : http://chinese-tales.blogspot.com/2009/09/spider-and-silk-worm.html
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