Lesson from a Butterfly

Dear friends, I have got a short story from the Google and  I am posting it on my blog hoping that you might enjoy reading and get some knowledge.

“Lesson From A Butterfly”

-Unknown Author

One day, a small opening appeared in cocoon; a man sat and watched for the butterfly for several hours as it struggled 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 not go any further, so the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and opened the cocoon. The butterfly hen emerged easily but it had a withered body, it was tiny and had shriveled wings.

The man continued to watch because he expected that, at any moment the wings would open, enlarge and to be able to support the butterfly’s body and become firm. Neither happened! In fact the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a withered body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.

What the man, in his kindness and goodwill did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were natures’ way to of body of the butterfly into it’s wings. So that it would be ready to flight once if achieved it’s freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes, struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be strong as we could have been, never been able to fly. So live life without fear, confront all obstacles and know that you can overcome them.