Many times the stories help us to take a notion of how to face things in our own lives.
This, for example, leaves us with a great lesson on going through difficulties. It is the story of the man who found a butterfly cocoon.
Please read it carefully. The next time you are in a difficult situation, you will remember it and it will be easier for you to move forward.
One morning a man discovered in a corner of his house a cocoon with a butterfly about to emerge. Curious, the man sat down and decided to watch the process.
For hours he watched as the butterfly struggled, forcing its body through the small opening in the cocoon, to no avail. She was stuck.
Desperate for the poor butterfly, the man took a pair of scissors and cut what was missing for the little butterfly to come out, and that was it: the butterfly came out easily. But its body was small and twisted, and its wings were wrinkled.
The man, excited, waited for the butterfly to open its wings. But nothing happened. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling on its twisted body, unable to fly.
He never knew it, but in his ignorance, he avoided an important part of the butterfly’s life process. The struggle to get out of the little cocoon is essential for her, so that she can give strength to her wings and be ready to fly.
Freedom and flight are only possible after the struggle to get out of the cocoon.
This story is an analogy of life itself.
Nature and the Universe are wise, and all the tests that put us on the path have only one purpose: to make us stronger.
Sometimes, we seek to escape from difficulties: cheat, look for shortcuts, or simply deny what makes us bad.
Not facing difficult situations will leave us like a butterfly: weak and unable to fly.
Therefore, when you have to face a great challenge and, full of fear, you want to escape from it, remember that the challenge is there for a reason. To make you a better person. To make you a butterfly that flies further.
It doesn’t matter how hard or painful that cocoon is: it’s the one that touched you and you can handle it.