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posted July 25, 2007 12:45 AM         

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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 further.

So 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, 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 butterfly spent the rest of it's life crawling around with a swollen 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 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 lives. If we were to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. We could never fly!

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posted July 25, 2007 10:08 PM           

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posted July 25, 2007 10:30 PM           

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Awww, that is so true! Thanks!

LOve to ALL. ...

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posted July 26, 2007 02:46 AM           

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SunChild, What a beautiful soul you are,
to share this story.

Thank you.

This is exactly what I needed to read today

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posted July 27, 2007 06:10 AM           

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Wow!

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posted July 31, 2007 08:12 PM           

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I love it!!

Thank you SunChild!!

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posted August 03, 2007 07:16 PM           

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Nice of you to share this with all of us. What a wonderful reminder.

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posted August 03, 2007 10:19 PM           

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Thank you SunChild.

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posted August 04, 2007 05:51 AM         

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beautiful....

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posted September 16, 2007 03:31 AM           

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Bump

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posted September 16, 2007 04:23 AM         

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Sunchild!

Perfect.

Damp eyes.

Acceptance.

Happy Sigh.

I AM Gratitude.

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posted September 17, 2007 02:54 PM           

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Very meaningful, SunChild, thanks for sharing, and looking back I can relate to the story as well.

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posted April 27, 2010 06:36 AM         

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posted May 07, 2010 06:45 PM         

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That was sad.

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posted June 02, 2010 04:47 AM         

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I LOVED this and shared it with many people I know! Thanks

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posted June 02, 2010 01:41 PM         

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posted June 11, 2010 04:51 PM         

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Me likey!

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posted July 02, 2010 07:26 PM         

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awesome, thanks for sharing

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posted July 03, 2010 10:14 PM         

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posted August 15, 2010 09:22 PM         

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That story is an excellent metaphor for why we all need stressful aspects (the "bad" ones) in our astrological charts and why we all NEED to have very difficult struggles in our lives, including broken hearts and loss. Mother Nature, God, The Goddess, the Universal Energies all know what they are doing.

Amazing story.

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