If you place a frog in a pot of water and gradually heat the water, the frog will not jump out. Instead, it will start adjusting its body temperature to match the increasing heat of the water — tolerating the rising temperature rather than escaping it.
But eventually, when the water becomes too hot for the frog’s body to handle, it decides to jump out. Sadly, by then it’s too late — the frog can no longer jump because it has exhausted all its energy trying to adapt to the heat. As a result, it gets boiled alive.
This phenomenon is known as the “Boiling Frog Syndrome.”
The frog doesn’t die because the water was hot, but because it failed to react when the danger first began.
Similarly, in real life, we often tolerate painful or toxic situations for too long, convincing ourselves that we can handle them. But if we don’t resist or act early enough, by the time we decide to react — it may already be too late, just like the boiled frog.
