Hedgehogs
Once upon a time, a group of hedgehogs faced the cold winter. As they were feeling cold they decided to move closer to each other and share bodily warmth, Unfortunately, as soon as they crawled together they hurt each other with their sharp spines, and thus the hedgehogs moved away from each other again as the cold weather was more tolerable than being hurt by the spines.
So the hedgehogs faced a dilemma when they kept each other at a distance, they suffered cold, But when they got closer to each other, they experienced and caused hurt.
The story shows the tragic dilemma of human relationships we seek closeness with others but the closer we become the more likely we seem to get hurt (and hurt others).
The beauty of superficial relationships is that the lack of emotional investment in one another (for the most part) exempts us from being hurt by this association, When shared moments and memories are few, when there’s no commitment when any form of interdependence is absent, then not much is lost when the relationship ends, Also because of the lack of knowledge about one another and any significant involvement in each other’s lives, it’s difficult for emotional injury to occur, however, the downside of superficial relationships (or no relationships at all) is that we lack the warmth, intimacy, and other benefits of being close to someone, Without closeness to others we’re standing in the cold just like the hedgehogs from Schopenhauer’s tale, We feel lonely and disconnected So, quite tragically by avoiding pain we experience pain.
https://medium.com/@feghoulmessaoudi/the-closer-we-get-the-more-we-hurt-3f90d2f35905
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