Butterfly
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
This is very meaningful piece of info.I would like to share with my
dearest frens and hope u guys can really appreciate the intrinsic
value of this story
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 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.
Obstacles and problems are not there to drain us and deter us.
They are there to make sure we grow stronger and bigger. Having a smooth sailing life is good but it will not prepare us for future hardship and times of adversities. Having an eventful life on the other hard will make sure that we are equipped both emotionally and physically to face any problem or crisis in the face
