Struggles...
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4/22/2008 3:03 pm |
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 force its body through this little hole. Then it seemed to stop making progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it had and it could go no further. Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and cut the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily. But is had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly as he expected the wings would enlarge and expand. Nothing happened. In fact, the butter fly spend the rest of his life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was 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 opening were nature's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly wings, so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved it's freedom from the cocoon. This is a nice story to demonstrate that sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. Allowing us to go through our life without obstacles would cripple us. We would not be as strong as we could have been. And we could never fly... Well, in another words, i don't need help from anyone to help me fit my old pair of jean. Even if i struggle... maybe the fluid from my stomach will be "send" to a more appropriate body part  Have a beautiful day, Frenchguy Song of the day : CATATONIA "Dead from the waist down" |
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4/22/2008 7:17 pm |
Good one ! Well, I have had my share of stuggles and it always made me a stroner person afterwards.  KORN
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4/22/2008 8:37 pm |
Hey Korn, As you, i had already my share of struggles. But it doesn't seems it's ready to stop LOL. Beautiful day to you.
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4/22/2008 9:39 pm |
Frenchy.... good story, BAAD analogy... but funny tho...lol
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4/23/2008 8:21 am |
French, it is really nice story. Have a beautiful day too! 
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4/23/2008 9:43 am |
Hey Korn, As you, i had already my share of struggles. But it doesn't seems it's ready to stop LOL. Beautiful day to you. all the time. Then sometimes the wind stops and we get a break here and there. KORN
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4/23/2008 8:09 pm |
Great one, French. I Love it! Seriously... It reminds me of the poem that was written by Erma Bombeck that appeared in her book, "If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What am I Doing in the Pits?" I made sure years ago when my eldest son graduated middle school that I purchase space to place this poem into his yearbook...along with his most recent pic. Let me share it with you: Children as Kites "You spend a lifetime trying to get them off the ground. You run with them until you're both breathless... they crash... you add a longer tail... they hit the rooftop... you pluck them out of the spouting... you patchand comfort, adjust and teach. You watch them lifted by the wind and assure them that someday they'll fly. Finally, they're airborne, but they need more string and with each twist of the ball of twine, there is a sadness that goes with the joy, because the kite becomes more distant and somehow you know it won't be long before this beautiful creature will snap the lifeline binding you together and soar as it was meant to soar... free and alone." "Only a few things are really important." -- Marie Dressler
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4/23/2008 8:10 pm |
lol... <~~~Me Trekker! Love the pants. "Only a few things are really important." -- Marie Dressler
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4/23/2008 10:33 pm |
Hello Noni, I return the comment, this is a nice poem... I will look for E. Bombeck's book.  Have a beautiful day.
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