This is one of my favorite stories of symbolism. Maybe I've told this story before, but who cares?!
...Babies are very curious creatures. They always try to get into something. There's usually an adult figure around to teach babies right from wrong, and protect them from things that will hurt them. Like, "Don't touch the stove, you'll get burned!" "Fire - hot -burn." Things of that nature... Maybe they'll try to touch the fire anyway, just to see if there's any truth to the warnings. So, the baby touches the fire, and, sure enough, it gets burned. Usually, one time will do the trick. The baby gets burned once, and learns to never touch fire again. But, sometimes it takes more than once. The baby might touch fire 2 or 3 times. Eventually, though, that baby is going to think, "Frig, that hurts! I'm never going to touch that again!" Well... That's kinda what has happened to me. I've been "burned" several times, lately. But, I've finally learned my lesson! I'm not going to "play with fire" anymore! It's a very liberating feeling, knowing that you will never hurt me again...
