i heard something very nice on this recently…
A man once have a nice little fish swimming around in a fish bowl, peacefully day after day, around and around. One day the man felt bad for the fish who had such a boring existence, and decided to take him out so he could “see the world”. He called all hos friends to watch, and promised them that when he took the fish out of the fish bowl, he would look more alive, because after all, it was sooooo boring in the fish tank, and much more exciting out side…
With everyone watching, he reached into the fishbowl and gently laid the fish out on the counter, and to his delight, the fish started jumping around, flopping this way and that!
“See, i told you my fish would much rather be out, look, he’s so excited!”
The fish flopped jumped and hoped for one full minute, and then collapsed, dead.
No, the fish was not jumping around, excited to ‘see the world’, he was gasping for breath.
No, i don’t have a good connection or reason about shchiecta, but the mashal is about a fish!! 😉