A
man found a cocoon of an emperor moth. He
took it home so that he could watch the moth come out of the
cocoon.
On
that day a small opening appeared, he sat and watched the moth
for several hours as the moth struggled to force the 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. It just seemed to be stuck.
Then
the man, in his kindness, decided to help the moth, so he took
a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon.
The moth then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small,
shriveled wings.
The
man continued to watch the moth 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 little moth spent the rest of its life crawling around
with a swollen body and shriveled body and shriveled wings. It
never was able to fly.
What
the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that
the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the moth
to get through the tiny opening was the way of forcing fluid
from the body of the moth into its wings so that it would be
ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.
Freedom
and flight would only come after the struggle. By depriving the
moth of a struggle, he deprived the moth of health.
Sometimes
struggles are exactly what we need in our life.
If
we were to go through our life without any obstacles, we would
be crippled. We would not be as strong as what we could have
been.
Give
every opportunity a chance.
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