~The Butterfly~
Once upon a time in a land
far far away.
There was a wonderful Woman who
loved everything.
Animals, spiders, insects....
One day while walking through the
woods the
nice Woman found a cocoon.
Feeling lonely she decided to take
the cocoon home
to watch its beautiful transformation
from
a funny little cocoon to a beautiful
butterfly.
She gently placed the cocoon on
her kitchen table, and
watched over it for days
Suddenly on the seventh day
the cocoon started to move
. It moved frantically! The
Woman felt sorry
for the little butterfly inside
the cocoon.
She watched it struggle and struggle
and struggle!
Finally the Woman feeling
so sorry for the cocooned
butterfly rushed to its aide with
a surgical scalpel and
gently slit the cocoon
so the butterfly could emerge.
Just one slice was all it
took,
and the butterfly broke free
from its cocoon only to wilt over
in a
completely motionless state.
The Woman did not know what to
think.
Had she accidentally killed the
little butterfly?
No, its still moving a little bit.!
Maybe its sick!
Who the heck would know?
She was dumbfounded, and quite perplexed!
What should I do, she said.
Well she felt so sorry for the little
creature
that she decided the best thing
she could
do for the butterfly
was to place it gently back into
its cocoon.
She did so, and placed a drop of
honey
on it to seal the cocoon,
leaving the butterfly to nestle
in its natural state.
Well the next day she noticed that
the
cocoon was moving again.
Wow, she said! It moved and moved
and
struggled and struggled.
Finally the butterfly broke free
from its cocoon and
stretched its wings out far and
wide.
Big time yawn! Its beautiful
wings were filled with wonderful
colors!
It looked around and took off!
It was flying! Its so beautiful!
The Woman was jumping with joy!
Wow!
Go Baby, Go!
And that wonderful butterfly did
that just that,
it flew and flew till it was almost
out of the Woman's sight.
What a joy, she exclaimed!
But then she started to think.
What did I do wrong by trying
to help that beautiful little butterfly
out at first?
The woman went into town.
Found the library, and
read every book she could on
butterflies and cocoons.
Finally the answer appeared.
The butterfly has to struggle and
struggle
while inside the cocoon.
That's how it gets its strength.
That's just what they are designed
to
overcome in order to be strong
and beautiful.
Well needless to say the woman
was shocked,
saddened, and somewhat relieved.
Now she knows the reason why they
do what they do.
It was only her perception that
made
it appear that the butterfly was
having a hard time.
Well from then on the woman knew
that loving
something sometimes means to
pray for it and cheer it on!
She realized that God was
wonderful, and
that sometimes appearances aren't
what
they seem to be.
That we all are beautiful butterflies,
even though we have our apparent
struggles in life...
Spread your wings and prepare to
fly
For you have become a butterfly
Fly abundantly into the sun
If you should return to me
We truly were meant to be
So spread your wings
and fly Butterfly
