"One day, a small
opening appeared
in a cocoon; a
man sat and
watched for the
butterfly for
several hours as
it struggled to
force its body
through that little
hole.
Then, it seems to
stop making any
progress.
It appeared as if
it had gotten as
far as it could
and it could not
go any further.
So the man
decided to help
the butterfly: he
took a pair of
scissors and
opened the
cocoon.
The butterfly
then emerged
easily.
But it had a
withered body, it
was tiny and
shriveled wings.
The man
continued to
watch because
he expected
that, at any
moment, the
wings would
open, enlarge
and expand, to
be able to
support the
butterfly’s
body, and
become firm.
Neither
happened!
In fact, the
butterfly spent
the rest of its
life crawling
around with a
withered body
and shriveled
wings. It never
was able to fly.
What the man, in his
kindness and his goodwill
did not understand was
that the restricting
cocoon and the struggle
required for the butterfly
to get through the tiny
opening, were nature’s
way of forcing fluid from
the body of the butterfly
into its wings, so that it
would be ready for flight
once it achieved its
freedom from the cocoon.
Sometimes,
struggles are
exactly what we
need in our life.
If we were allowed
to go through our
life without any
obstacles, it would
cripple us. We
would not be as
strong as we could
have been. Never
been able to fly.
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