The Story of The Butterfly



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 squeeze its body through the tiny hole. Then it stopped, as if it couldn't go

further.



So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and

snipped off the remaining bits of cocoon. The butterfly emerged easily but

it had a swollen body and shriveled wings.



The man continued to watch, expecting that any minute the wings would

enlarge and expand enough to support the body. Neither happened! In fact the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around. It was never able

to fly.



What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand: The restricting cocoon and the struggle required by the butterfly to get through the

opening was a way of forcing the fluid from the body into the wings so that

it would be ready for flight once that was achieved.



Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. Going through

life with no obstacles would cripple us. We will not be as strong as we

could have been and we would never fly.



So have a nice day and struggle a little and teach well.

                                                                         -author unknown