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.
Until it suddenly stopped making any
progress and looked like it was stuck.
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, although it had a swollen body and small,
shriveled wings.
The man didn’t think anything of it and sat
there waiting for the wings to enlarge to support the butterfly. But that
didn’t happen. The butterfly spent the rest of its life unable to fly, crawling
around with tiny wings and a swollen body.
Despite the kind heart of the man,
he didn’t understand that the restricting cocoon and the struggle needed
by the butterfly to get itself through the small opening; were God’s way of
forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings. To prepare itself
for flying once it was out of the cocoon.
Moral of the story:
Our struggles in life develop our strengths. Without struggles, we never grow and never get stronger, so it’s important for us to tackle challenges on our own, and not be relying on help from others.
*Source: wealthygorilla.com
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