Emerging…..

Once there was a man who came across a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis.

He stood there watching the creature struggle and push….working very hard to EMERGE from its previous STATE.

As it struggled and strained to get free  from the confines of it’s FORMER self…

he started to

WANT

to

HELP.

HE wanted to make it easier, manageable….LESS COMPLICATED.

So …

he decided to REMEDY the situation himself.

It was simply TOO hard to watch this beautiful thing STRUGGLE.

Sooooooooo…………….

He took a tiny pair of scissors and just barely clipped the casing to alleviate just a BIT of the struggle.

And it worked.

The butterfly seemed to be relieved of some of the stress…

SOME

of

the

STRUGGLE

was

GONE.

It seemed to more easily move.

Movement by movement…it slowly EMERGED from its former state.

The man, watching, was pleased.

He felt like

he

had

helped.

But soon…he realized what he had done.

He hadn’t HELPED at all.

As it attempted to FLY…it wasn’t ABLE.

It didn’t have the CAPABILITY.

You see….

A butterfly is just like a CHILD,

It

NEEDS

to

struggle

to

emerge

and

FLY.

By “helping” it out the man had robbed the creature of the STRUGGLE it needed.

It NEEDS to squirm and fight.

Because…

it is actually THE STRUGGLE that allows it to emerge and LIVE.

By struggling and straining to get free…

it prepares it’s wings for FLIGHT.

By working soooo hard…it STRENGTHENS the parts of itself that are REQUIRED.

By STRIVING and working…it squeezes out the water in it’s wings.

Where it was HEAVY and RESTRICTED before the struggle….

Afterwards…it is LIGHT and FREE.

And then:

when left alone and able to GROW and struggle…

Unbothered by the WEIGHT of it’s former self..

the butterfly emerges EFFORTLESSLY..

It has EARNED it’s freedom.

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