The
Butterfly
Author
Unknown
"A
man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening
appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours
as it struggled to force its body through that little hole.
Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared
as if the butterfly had gotten as far as it could. And,
it could go no longer.
The
man decided to help the butterfly so he took a pair of scissors
and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly
then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small,
shriveled wings.
The
man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected
that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand
to be able to support the body, which would contract in
time.
Neither
happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life
crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings.
It was never able to fly.
What
the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was
that he had restricted the cocoon. And, the struggle was
necessary for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening.
It was 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 nature
allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles,
it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as we could
have been. And we could never fly...."
