Here is a story sent to me that I would love to keep and share.
The emperor moth is the most majestic species among all the moths. It has wide wings spanning out majestically when it flies. Before it could become a full grown moth & spread its wings, it has to be a pupa in a cocoon. An interesting fact about the emperor moth is that the neck of the cocoon is very narrow.
One fine day, a man found an emperor moth cocoon. he took it back home so that he could witness the moth emerging from the cocoon. He sat and watched the moth struggling to emerge from the cocoon and noticed that it was a tedious process as the moth was at times, seemed stuck and unable to penetrate through the tiny neck of the cocoon.
The man's kindness brought him to want to help ease the moth's entry into the world, and so he proceeded to snip off a the neck of the cocoon. The moth then emerged effortlessly from the opening. But then , it had a small body and shrivelled wings. Even after a long moment, the expected flutter of the majestic wings did not materialize; but rather , the moth continued crawling with its frail body and still-shrivelled wings. It could not fly. It died after a few days.
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 opening was nature's way of forcing fluid from the moth's body into its wings. This would make the wings ready for flight when it emerged from the cocoon. Freedom and flight were to come only after the struggle. By depriving the moth of the struggle, he deprived the moth of its health.
We could derive from this story that our struggles in life would require lots of heartaches and pains if we want to learn and mature. Thus, instead of cursing, we should understand that it is a necessary process towards our path of growing up.
The emperor moth is the most majestic species among all the moths. It has wide wings spanning out majestically when it flies. Before it could become a full grown moth & spread its wings, it has to be a pupa in a cocoon. An interesting fact about the emperor moth is that the neck of the cocoon is very narrow.
One fine day, a man found an emperor moth cocoon. he took it back home so that he could witness the moth emerging from the cocoon. He sat and watched the moth struggling to emerge from the cocoon and noticed that it was a tedious process as the moth was at times, seemed stuck and unable to penetrate through the tiny neck of the cocoon.
The man's kindness brought him to want to help ease the moth's entry into the world, and so he proceeded to snip off a the neck of the cocoon. The moth then emerged effortlessly from the opening. But then , it had a small body and shrivelled wings. Even after a long moment, the expected flutter of the majestic wings did not materialize; but rather , the moth continued crawling with its frail body and still-shrivelled wings. It could not fly. It died after a few days.
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 opening was nature's way of forcing fluid from the moth's body into its wings. This would make the wings ready for flight when it emerged from the cocoon. Freedom and flight were to come only after the struggle. By depriving the moth of the struggle, he deprived the moth of its health.
We could derive from this story that our struggles in life would require lots of heartaches and pains if we want to learn and mature. Thus, instead of cursing, we should understand that it is a necessary process towards our path of growing up.
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