ButterflyA 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 it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further.So the man decided to help the butterfly. 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 never was able to fly.What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were God'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.If God allowed us to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us.We would not be as strong as what we could have been. We could never fly!I did not write this story but i don't know where it comes from as i received it in from a frienda while go.
Hello Nadira,
Yes, i am back, trying to answer everyone who posted something on my blog. I hope i won't forget somes friends here.
As you know, whay does not kill us makes us stronger :)) Thanks for your interest.
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manuela
we cannot go against mother nature..likewise to the story .. an infant stumbles his first step..the stumblings throughout gives us steadfastness and wisdom..
Manueala hope you are well and back ..takecare of yourself .
This story is really nice, I read it five years ago in Kazanzakis's book, but it is still fresh and new for me.
you are right, infact, maybe we guess there are a lot of obstacles in front of our living, but when after passing them, we recognize that, there aren't obstacles but a way of forcing us (as you said) to achieve our goals.
I like it cause what was done by nature has been almost all destroyed by mankind.may be not on purpose but the facts are that our mother earth is suffering from all this technology that paved the way to all the pollution we're suffering from all of us.the butterfly is the metaphor of the humankind fighting for existness...... poor butterfly.
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Yes, i am back, trying to answer everyone who posted something on my blog. I hope i won't forget somes friends here.
As you know, whay does not kill us makes us stronger :)) Thanks for your interest.
Wishing you all the best.
manuela
Thanks for giving reading this post and for sharing your opinion with us.
wishing you a wonderful week,
Manuela
Manueala hope you are well and back ..takecare of yourself .
This story is really nice, I read it five years ago in Kazanzakis's book, but it is still fresh and new for me.
you are right, infact, maybe we guess there are a lot of obstacles in front of our living, but when after passing them, we recognize that, there aren't obstacles but a way of forcing us (as you said) to achieve our goals.
have a great time :)
Thank you for reading my blog and for giving me your opinion on this post.
Wishing you a wonderful day.
manuela
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