A bird with two heads shared one body. One head found nectar and drank deeply. The other head, overcome with jealousy, drank poison — reasoning: "If I can't have the nectar, you won't benefit alone." Both heads died together.
A bird with two heads shared one body. One head found nectar and drank deeply. The other head, overcome with jealousy, drank poison — reasoning: "If I can't have the nectar, you won't benefit alone." Both heads died together.
Internal conflict that prioritises spite over shared survival is self-destruction wearing the costume of fairness. The body that suffers was never just the rival's. There is only one body between your competing selves.
Where are the competing parts of yourself — ambition vs. rest, discipline vs. pleasure, confidence vs. humility — punishing the whole rather than finding a negotiated truce?
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