Struggle a Little - Then Fly!

Struggle a Little - Then Fly!
By Author Unknown

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly, that he brought
home.

One day a small opening appeared he sat and watched
the butterfly for several hours. 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 farther.

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. He
continued to watch the butterfly, he expected that, at
any moment, the wings would enlarge and the body would
contract. 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.

The man acted with well-intentioned kindness but he
didn't understand the consequences. The restricting
cocoon and the struggle required to get through the
tiny opening, were nature's way of forcing fluid from
the body of the butterfly once it achieved its freedom
from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our
life. If we were to go through life without any
obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as
strong as we could have been and we could never fly

Morale: So the next time you are faced with an
obstacle, a challenge, or a problem, remember the
butterfly. Struggle a little - then fly!

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