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
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. The man continued to watch
the butterfly because he expected that, 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. That 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 tiny opening were 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.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life.
If we went through our life without any obstacles, it would
cripple us. We would not be so strong as what we could
have been. And we could never fly.
So have a nice day and struggle a little. When you are
under pressure and stress, remember that you are a better
person after you have gone through it.
The key to happiness is not that you never get upset,
irritated or frustrated.
It's how quickly you snap out of it.
