Spider Encounter and Human Instincts

Manish

Manish Kindo

This morning I had an urge to read an old unfinished book. So I moved to my old bookshelf and picked up an old book to read. I sat down in my bed and suddenly out of nowhere a spider jumped from the book and on to my bed. I realised that I have misplaced the spider from the bookshelf its home. A home where it might have been living for the past few weeks or so. It was his home and I tried to pick up the spider but whenever I picked him up it jumped back to the bed.
I thought, I am trying to help the spider and take it back to the book shelf where it had been living. But it knows nothing of that all that the spider was searching for was a place to hide from me. It was running away from me thinking I am going to eat him.
The spider eventually ran away from me into the other side of the room. Then I realised that humans are just like that. Sometimes mishaps happen and we search for a safe place.
We humans also have that instinct inside of us. Whenever we are misplaced from our comfort we cling on to things that will comfort us. Instead of that we should trust our instinct and nothing else. We should be calm and find a safe place to hide until we figure out what went wrong.
Now once we’ve figured out what went wrong we should come out of our hiding place. Then we should start once again this time making sure we stay positive in what we are starting. Follow your instinct and go find your perfect place. And who knows someone might pick you up and put you in the right place.
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Posted Aug 9, 2025

A reflection on human instincts inspired by a spider encounter.