Sponges

Sponges are absorbent. They soak up any liquid they touch and will retain it until it is squeezed out of them.

Now, a sponge will consume water, alcohol, petroleum or most any other liquid. Some of those liquids are good; some of them are bad.

To get a sponge to imbibe the most liquid, you squeeze it tight, immerse it and let it expand naturally. To remove the liquid you simply apply pressure.

Sometimes, the only way to find out what's in a sponge is to squeeze it. Then, it is too late. Whatever is in it is coming out.

People are very much like sponges. They swallow most anything that comes their way. This is especially so when under pressure. When the compression appears to be released, they naturally grow and expand, consuming whatever "liquid" fills the environment in which they are placed. When, once again, life squashes them, then whatever is in them comes out of them.

So, what is the point? The point is the question: What are you absorbing? What you take in will, sooner or later, come out of you.