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A Butterfly

 

 

A man found a cocoon for 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 the little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any

progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and could go

no farther. Then the man decided to help the butterfly.

 

He took a pair of scissors and snipped the remaining bit of the cocoon. The

butterfly then emerged easily. Something was strange. The butterfly had a

swollen body and shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly

because he expected 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 deformed wings. It was never 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 smallopening of the cocoon are 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. Sometimes struggles

are exactly what we need in our life.

 

If God allowed us to go throughall our life without any obstacles, that

would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. Not

only that, we could never fly.

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dear friends,

here is a nice message on this story.

 

shankaram shiva shankaram.

venkataraman.

 

 

> >A Butterfly

> >

> >A man found a cocoon for 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 the little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress.

> >It >appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and could go no

> farther.

> >Then the man decided to help the butterfly.

> >

> >He took a pair of scissors and snipped the remaining bit of the cocoon.

> The

> >butterfly then emerged easily. Something was strange. The butterfly had a

> >swollen body and shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the

> butterfly

> >because he expected 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 deformed wings. It was never 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 smallopening of the cocoon are 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. Sometimes struggles

> >are >exactly what we need in our life.

> >

> >If God allowed us to go throughall our life without any obstacles, that

> >would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been.

> Not

> >only that, we could never fly.

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