I love butterflies and totally believe in them, the metamorphosis inspires me to dream big... here's a short story I wrote sometime back:
Once there was a little boy who loved watching butterflies... he could run after them in fields forever.
One day his mom asked him, do you know where the butterflies come from?
He said no but his mind started thinking if he had ever seen baby butterflies...
He couldn't recall it...
The next time, he was playing in the park, his mom called him to show a leaf.
When she said, 'look at that', he responded yeah, its a leaf...
Mom said, 'look closer'...
He noticed a little slimy worm barely able to scoot on the leaf. He asked, 'what is it mom?'
Mom said, its a baby butterfly.
He couldn't believe it, that butterfly that is so beautiful and flies at such speed started out as this slimy worm.
Mom then told him that its a caterpillar, it actually started as an egg, and now that the egg is hatched and he is a caterpillar, he is going to attach himself to a branch and build a cocoon around him...
Once inside the cocoon, he almost lost touch with everything outside and stayed inside the cocoon, building himself up.
The cocoon had hardened and he often wondered if he'll ever be able to break it but that didn't stop him from building up his strength and gathering rescouces...
Soon he found that the cocoon was getting transparent and he could see the outside world and feel some of it too.
But when he tried to reach it, it felt very restrcited and he realized that even though he could see everything, he couldn't touch anything, he was still stuck...
He didn't know what was better, not being able to see anything or this when he saw it all; he knew what he wanted but couldn't reach it and it was very frustrating... but he didn't give up, he kept on building...
And before long he realized he could wiggle his arms and that his arms are long now and once he streched it, they weren't arms but were wings and then he fluttered them and found he could fly and go places...
The same kid who used to drop him off the leaf is now running after him to catch him...
The world was beautiful and a slow caterpillar had turned into a 'butterfly'.
Many years after that incident, the little boy had turned into a young man and was stuck and felt frustrated.
He decided to take a stroll in the park and saw a butterfly...
Today, he didn't run after the butterfly but his mind did and took him to the same place where his Ma had told him the story of a cocooned caterpillar and he realised that when the caterpillar is frustrated and he knows what he wants but can't reach it, thats when the cocoon melts and he becomes the butterfly...
It gave him new strength and new enthusiasm to go back and keep building...
Cause he knew, soon he'll be going places... just like the butterfly!
I hope this story inspires you to dream of beautiful fields and colorful butterflies...
Once there was a little boy who loved watching butterflies... he could run after them in fields forever.
One day his mom asked him, do you know where the butterflies come from?
He said no but his mind started thinking if he had ever seen baby butterflies...
He couldn't recall it...
The next time, he was playing in the park, his mom called him to show a leaf.
When she said, 'look at that', he responded yeah, its a leaf...
Mom said, 'look closer'...
He noticed a little slimy worm barely able to scoot on the leaf. He asked, 'what is it mom?'
Mom said, its a baby butterfly.
He couldn't believe it, that butterfly that is so beautiful and flies at such speed started out as this slimy worm.
Mom then told him that its a caterpillar, it actually started as an egg, and now that the egg is hatched and he is a caterpillar, he is going to attach himself to a branch and build a cocoon around him...
Once inside the cocoon, he almost lost touch with everything outside and stayed inside the cocoon, building himself up.
The cocoon had hardened and he often wondered if he'll ever be able to break it but that didn't stop him from building up his strength and gathering rescouces...
Soon he found that the cocoon was getting transparent and he could see the outside world and feel some of it too.
But when he tried to reach it, it felt very restrcited and he realized that even though he could see everything, he couldn't touch anything, he was still stuck...
He didn't know what was better, not being able to see anything or this when he saw it all; he knew what he wanted but couldn't reach it and it was very frustrating... but he didn't give up, he kept on building...
And before long he realized he could wiggle his arms and that his arms are long now and once he streched it, they weren't arms but were wings and then he fluttered them and found he could fly and go places...
The same kid who used to drop him off the leaf is now running after him to catch him...
The world was beautiful and a slow caterpillar had turned into a 'butterfly'.
Many years after that incident, the little boy had turned into a young man and was stuck and felt frustrated.
He decided to take a stroll in the park and saw a butterfly...
Today, he didn't run after the butterfly but his mind did and took him to the same place where his Ma had told him the story of a cocooned caterpillar and he realised that when the caterpillar is frustrated and he knows what he wants but can't reach it, thats when the cocoon melts and he becomes the butterfly...
It gave him new strength and new enthusiasm to go back and keep building...
Cause he knew, soon he'll be going places... just like the butterfly!
I hope this story inspires you to dream of beautiful fields and colorful butterflies...
