A man found a cocoon of a butterfly.
One day a small opening appeared.
He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours.
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 go no farther.
So the man decided to help the butterfly.
He took a pair of scissors and snipped
off the remaining bit of the cocoon.
The butterfly then emerged easily,
BUT, it had a swollen body and small,
shriveled wings.
He continued to watch the butterfly.
HE expected that, at any moment, the wings
would enlarge and the body would contract.
Neither Happened!
In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life
crawling around with a swollen body and
shriveled wings.
It was never able to fly.
The man acted with well- intentioned kinds,
but he didn't understand the consequences.
The restricting cocoon and the struggle
required to get through the tiny opening,
were nature's way of forcing fluid from the
body of the butterfly into it's wings so that
it would be ready for flight
once it achieved it's freedom from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly
what we need in our life.
If we went through life without any obstacles,
It would cripple us.
We would not be as strong as we could
have been....and we could never fly.....
Have a great day,
great life,
and struggle a little....
Then Fly!!

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