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Salvation, Conditions of: BREAKAWAY
Richard Armstrong and Edward Watkin tell the story of a
biologist's experiment with "processional caterpillars." On the
rim of a clay pot that held a plant, he lined them up so that the
leader was head-to-head with the last caterpillar. The tiny
creatures circled the rim of the pot for a full week. Not once
did any one of them break away to go over to the plant and eat.
Eventually, all caterpillars died from exhaustion and starvation.
The story of the processional caterpillars is a kind of parable of
human behavior. People are reluctant to break away from the
rhythmic pattern of daily life. They don't want to be different.
We must break away from the crowd, however, if we are to accept
Jesus' invitation to "go off alone" with him in prayer.
- James S Hewett, ed ILLUSTRATIONS UNLIMITED p121