Parable: A camel parable, about that mammal.
@innertalks (22093)
Australia
May 28, 2021 4:02am CST
Two camel drivers met each other in the desert.
One said to the other,
"Two humps are better than one hump",
comparing his two humped camel to the other man's camel, which only had one hump.
The other cameleer simply replied,
"Like us, a camel takes what it's got, and does the job with who it is."
"Never compare, never denigrate, another person's things."
"The covetous man is like a camel with a great hunch on his back; heaven's gate must be made higher and broader, or he will hardly get in."
Thomas Adam, (1701 to 1784), an English minister, and writer, said this.
Never compare your camel with another. You will just grow such a hump/hunch on your back!
Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com
Never covet another person's camel, nor even compare them.
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@innertalks (22093)
• Australia
28 May 21
Yes, thanks, we should make the best use of our own God given gift, and not be jealous of anyone else's gift.
@innertalks (22093)
• Australia
28 May 21
I had a hunch you might like this one. Lol
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@crossbones27 (49722)
• Mojave, California
28 May 21
@innertalks Well rumor is I like freedom and have a hump on my back. 
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@innertalks (22093)
• Australia
28 May 21
@crossbones27 l have a hump myself too.
Unfortunately, it is hereditary in our family. My dad had one too.
We all like a good desert too...lol...
(apple pie with custard, is my favourite dessert.)
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16789)
• China
28 May 21
I agree with that.Never denigrate others' things.Everything has its strong point.
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@innertalks (22093)
• Australia
28 May 21
Yes, thanks, things can be useful for others, even if they are not useful for us.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
28 May 21
each of us is comprised of the pieces that make us, and sometimes the pieces that break us. How we build from where we start is the measure of us.
Any camel is useful when crossing the desert!
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@innertalks (22093)
• Australia
28 May 21
Yes, they can go for up to ten days without water, but we would need to get used to the smell of them. I would not like to spend too many days with one, myself.
Getting used to things, though, helps us to not be broken, by those same things, when next they pile onto us in even greater numbers.
@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
29 May 21
@innertalks When we were in Afganistan (many years ago) the people we were with said "don't bet or get near the camels. They spit and bite)!
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@innertalks (22093)
• Australia
29 May 21
@DocAndersen Yes, giraffes spit too.
There used to be a sign in our Zoo, here in Melbourne, which read.
"Beware, this animal spits."
Some bright graffiti artist had changed it to, "Be where, this animal spits."
You would cop some phlegm, if you were where it spat...lol...
@Belexhanns (3431)
• Kampala, Uganda
28 May 21
That's true, you don't need to compare their success with yours, compare with your oneself
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@innertalks (22093)
• Australia
28 May 21
Yes, comparing ourselves with others divides our self too.
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@innertalks (22093)
• Australia
28 May 21
Well, against horses, they could not win, on most surfaces, as horses run at more than twice their top speed, but in sand, the camels would win every time.
@innertalks (22093)
• Australia
28 May 21
Thanks. Coveting another person's things is also a form of greed, l think too.
@m_audrey6788 (58472)
• Germany
28 May 21
@innertalks Yes. That`s true. It is better that you appreciate and be contented of what you have 
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@innertalks (22093)
• Australia
28 May 21
@m_audrey6788 Yes, that is the best way to live, to be contented with what we have, and to show gratitude for our having what we have too. Contentment is a part of gratitude, I think too.
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@Shiva49 (26776)
• Singapore
29 May 21
Our Creator knows variety is the spice of life.
Imagine all are similar with nothing to separate them.
Super specialist were feted and lauded but when the pandemic struck it is the run of the mill generalists and support staff who rose to the occasion.
Comparisons are odious and those who thrive in it come to grief and will be humbled sooner than later.
Likewise, I have never coveted another's possessions as I am not prepared to pay the price to start with to have them. It is like having a very beautiful life partner, a trophy one. One should be comfortable with whatever comes our way through honest efforts.
Deng Xiaoping said - it does not matter whether the cat is white or black but should catch mice (unless it is Garfield)!
Then it can amuse every one doing nothing!
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@innertalks (22093)
• Australia
29 May 21
We shouldn't write off the specialists either though, as it is them that are coming up with the vaccines.
Yes, to be comfortable when we are knee-deep in mud, is realising that this is not quicksand, but solid bedrock, that we are standing on. This is what faith and belief in the creator gives to us too.
@innertalks (22093)
• Australia
29 May 21
@Shiva49 Yes, as long as you learn to breathe underwater, or if he gives you a snorkel, or air tank too...lol...I wouldn't like to be landed on the moon, with one of his larger kicks either.
@Shiva49 (26776)
• Singapore
29 May 21
@innertalks Yes, but the specialists are sort of into back-end jobs for now.
Elective surgeries for all purposes are held up as the risk of catching the virus is a reality in less advanced countries where the hospitals are the super spreaders with the covid patients finding themselves cheek by jowl with others.
I have found every intractable problem comes with solutions too. Just a way to keep us awake, riveted on life.
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@erictsuma (9726)
• Mombasa, Kenya
28 May 21
Nice parable. This parable has taught me that we should not look down on others.
Have a nice day my friend.
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@innertalks (22093)
• Australia
28 May 21
Yes, we should be supportive of others, not try to cut them down to size, or look down on them, like you said.
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