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The Cocoon and Butterfly Story

A boy found the 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 that 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
further.
So the boy 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.
The boy continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, 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 shriveled
wings. It never was able to fly.
What a 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 tiny opening was nature’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.

Moral of the story: Our struggles in life help to develop our strengths. Without struggles, we never grow and get stronger, so it’s important for us to tackle challenges on our own, and not rely on help from others all the time.



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