I can’t take my eyes off the video. I watch it again and again.
Someone might say, “No big deal. A lizard sheds its old skin.” And sure, in the wild, that happens all the time.
I want to shout, “How can you miss the deeper meaning?!” The living Dragon of Chaos is devouring its tail, just like ancient Egyptian drawings from the first millennium BC.
The Uroboros, the tail-eater, stood for cycles with no start or end—death and rebirth. In China, the snake turned into a dragon, a bringer of luck.
This reptile deserves a book, not a post. I just want you to see how nature handles its past.
Old skin—what’s it good for? It did its job, lost its shine, wore to holes, and got old. It probably cramped the creature's movement, squeezed tighter each day.
Is the lizard’s “wish” to shed that skin quick, to bask in something new? No, it carefully eats every scrap of its past. That’s raw material for its future.
Think of this when you’re tempted to erase parts of your personal or shared past. Everything happened for a reason. Behind the ugly form lies precious meaning.
It’s not a curse or madness, but your invitation to find gold in the dirt. Digest the past, shift your view, and give it a new place.
By the way, this little dragon teaches one more lesson: you renew yourself alone. You can’t hand that off. All you can seek is advice, understanding, or support from those who’ve walked that path before.
Sincerely yours,
-Alexander
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