How true the picture is!!! And its cute as well!!! After looking at it for awhile, I began to think about the question at the top and thought:What is it about human nature that makes us desire "the greatest"? Jesus was asked a "greatest" question as well...
Mark, Chapter 12 (WEB)
28 One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together. Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?”
29 Jesus answered, “The greatest is, ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one: 30 you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. 31 The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
32 The scribe said to him, “Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he, 33 and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
34 When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.”
29 Jesus answered, “The greatest is, ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one: 30 you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. 31 The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
32 The scribe said to him, “Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he, 33 and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
34 When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.”
Human beings like to condense concepts so they can be understood and this is especially true of matters relating to God. Love God and your neighbor is my own condensation of the Mark passage. The thing is: If you truly LOVE God, then you will want to please HIM in all things- so loving your neighbor is unnecessary to say!!! To go a bit farther... LOVE GOD AND DO WHAT YOU LIKE seems the best summary, but its not original with me.
Anyway, always look to be better than you already are and eventually, you too may not be far from "the kingdom of God". Begin by following Jesus' answer...
ps. I wonder if the skunk was a house-guest or part of the household?