The Caterpillar

There is the story about a caterpillar who lived a comfortable life with an abundance of food in a beautiful place in nature. He spent his days crawling around eating to his heart’s content from a delicious smorgasbord provided by this fertile place. He lived a happy and contented life.

Only now and again, in between munching away, he lifted his gaze and noticed flies and mosquitoes, bees and wasps and butterflies and birds.

He especially admired the butterflies and found them very beautiful. He followed their flight with a sense of longing that he did not quite understand. He then returned his focus on finding the next tasty, inviting snack.

Amongst the caterpillar community there was a wise an intelligent elder that one day told a very strange story. The Wise one said that all caterpillars are destined to become butterflies. All the crawling around and eating was for one purpose only and that was to transform into a butterfly.

“What absolute nonsense!” thought our caterpillar. Here I am, a fat crawling creature spending my life eating and all of a sudden I should fly into the sky? I am to change from this ugly worm into a magnificently beautiful butterfly with wings? That is absolutely unthinkable and impossible! How can this wise one tell such ridiculous stories? He crawled away slowly and noticed how hungry he was.

Only sometimes he stopped and looked up and watched the butterflies with longing and yearning and imagined what it must feel like to fly and to be so beautiful. He often thought about the tale the wise one told. (author unknown)

We all have our true butterfly – our true self – yearning to be set free – your wings may be white or they may be colourful or unique in some way – knowing and believing and embracing that there is only one of you. Your purpose in this life is to be the best version of you and allow the world to see you.

It takes courage to be vulnerable. It is NOT a weakness. You can’t get to courage without walking through vulnerability and learning to ask for what you need. This will become the cornerstone of your confidence and self-esteem.

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Published Author: “A Path of Choices”