The Boy and the Lion in the Picture
A rich father saw in his dream that his only son fell into great danger because of a lion. Overcome with fear, the father locked his son in a high tower to protect him and decorated the walls with big lion pictures. The young man bored in the tower looked at the lion picture on the wall angrily and gave the picture a strong punch saying "Because of you I was imprisoned here!" Wounding his hand on a sharp iron nail hidden in the wall, the young man lay gravely ill for days due to his poisoned wound but recovered with difficulty.
Extreme and irrational precautions taken to escape fate cause a person to prepare the end they try to escape by their own hands. Excessive protectiveness guided by fear harms the thing intended to be protected. It is essential to act balanced and reasonable rather than trying to prevent fate. Delusions and anxieties destroy a person faster than real dangers.
Extreme precautions to escape fate lead to disaster. Precautions taken with fear bring disaster. Delusion is more destructive than real danger. Fate cannot be escaped.
Excessive protectiveness harms. Balanced precaution is essential. Anxiety ruins a person.