A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared in the cocoon through which the butterfly was trying to come out. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through the little hole.
Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had pushed itself out of the cocoon as much as it could and could not go further. Observing this, the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and sniped the remaining bit of the cocoon.
The butterfly could then emerge easily, but it had a swollen body and shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly with the expectation that at any moment its wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. But to his dismay it did not happen. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and deformed wings. It was never able to fly.
The man in his kindness and haste did not understand that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the small opening, help to force fluid from its body into its wings. The passage of fluid from body to wings results in making its wings stronger and also in containing its swelled body. This process makes the butterfly ready to fly after coming out of the cocoon.
Struggles are exactly what we need in our lives.
source: Stories from Here and There, Ekalavya Education Foundation - By: Sunil Handa - http://www.eklavya.org/storyhere.html
The butterfly could then emerge easily, but it had a swollen body and shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly with the expectation that at any moment its wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. But to his dismay it did not happen. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and deformed wings. It was never able to fly.
The man in his kindness and haste did not understand that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the small opening, help to force fluid from its body into its wings. The passage of fluid from body to wings results in making its wings stronger and also in containing its swelled body. This process makes the butterfly ready to fly after coming out of the cocoon.
Struggles are exactly what we need in our lives.
source: Stories from Here and There, Ekalavya Education Foundation - By: Sunil Handa - http://www.eklavya.org/storyhere.html
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