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ofspring and themselves. Can you see how they<br />
look on my finger for food, but don’t sting me?"<br />
"That <strong>is</strong> crazy. Their way of flying looks so<br />
aggressive. In the news they write about them as<br />
pests, " you respond.<br />
"Maybe you should ask what the wasp’s story about<br />
you <strong>is</strong>," he suggests.<br />
"Okay, wasp. What <strong>is</strong> <strong>your</strong> story about me?" you ask.<br />
"I have been conditioned to believe that you<br />
prepare delicious food and that I have to sting only<br />
when my life <strong>is</strong> threatened. My target <strong>is</strong> the food,<br />
not you," <strong>your</strong> son responds.<br />
You wil stil experience the urge to react whenever<br />
a wasp lands on <strong>your</strong> plate, but now you have a<br />
choice, to create space around <strong>your</strong> action by<br />
observing the real intention of the wasp and not<br />
interfering with it, but being with it.<br />
You don’t have to smash the wasps; but give them<br />
just gentle signs that th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> <strong>your</strong> food. Or beter,<br />
put <strong>your</strong> leftovers on a separate plate w<strong>here</strong> the<br />
wasps can nour<strong>is</strong>h themselves and are not<br />
d<strong>is</strong>turbed.<br />
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