I just got a new job at Dos Caminos on 50th and 3rd as a hostess. I have unfortunately not had time to keep up with my blog so I want to put up a quick post. I came across this story while at my internship Wednesday. I love it because I know w/o the trials I have been through in my life I would not be where I am today. All the things I've done have led me to the wonderful life I have now. Thank you to all my loved ones for always supporting me and never giving up on me. This story is from the book 48 Days to the work you love by Dan Miller. I love it!
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, 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. 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 its 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 God'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 God allowed us
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 would not be as strong and
we could never fly!
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, 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. 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 its 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 God'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 God allowed us
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 would not be as strong and
we could never fly!
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