Saturday, June 20, 2009
A story that i had just read - The Story of the Butterfly
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 squeeze its body through the tiny hole. Then it stopped, as if it couldn’t go further.
So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bits of cocoon. The butterfly emerged easily but it had a swollen body and shriveled wings. The man continued to watch it,expecting that any minute the wings would enlarge and expand enough to support the body, Neither happened!
In fact the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around. It was never able to fly. What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand:
The restricting cocoon and the struggle required by the butterfly to get through the opening was a way of forcing the fluid from the body into the wings so that it would be ready for flight once that was achieved.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. Going through life with no obstacles would cripple us. We will not be as strong as we could have been and we would never fly. So have a nice day and struggle a little and teach well.
Things that I had learnt after reading this story:
- sometime struggles are needed in our life to propel ourselves into greater heights.
- need to solve problems to evolve and learn how to change to a better person.
- problems can be a helpful obstacle that once we manage to get past it, we will gain tremendous insights and experience that will be most helpful to our personal growth.
- It is our own perception that derives the meaning of problems.
- The only thing that matters is how you define them. ~ You can see problems in a good way or bad way and either way you are right.
- Life is definitely full of problems and we will learn to view it as challenges and be stronger and better each and everyday. This is a great and meaningful story and it had motivate me in a way.
Having to face difficulties isn't a bad thing at all,
it makes us grow stronger and be prepared to face tougher challenges ahead of our life.
THE END
♥ posted on 10:07 PM
