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    A story that reminds us that sometimes we need struggles and challenges in our lives.

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    The Butterfly Lesson

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    David Truss
    A story that reminds us that sometimes we need struggles and challenges in our lives.

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    A Butterfly’s Lesson

    ”One day, a small opening appeared on a cocoon; a young girl sat and watched
    for the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through
    that little hole.

    Then, it seems to stop making any progress.


    It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could not go any
    further.

    So the girl decided to help the butterfly: she took a pair of scissors and
    opened the cocoon.
    The butterfly then emerged easily.

    But it had a withered body, it was tiny and had shriveled wings.

    The girl continued to watch because she expected that, at any moment, the
    wings would open, enlarge and expand, to be able to support the butterfly’s
    body, and become firm.

    Neither happened!
    In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its short life crawling around with a
    withered body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.

    What the girl, in her kindness and her goodwill did not understand was that
    the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get
    through the tiny opening, was its 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.

    Just like the butterfly, sometimes we need struggles and challenges in our
    lives. When we welcome challenges that come our way, we learn more, and we
    can actually have fun doing things that other people might find hard to do.

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