Fw: The Cocoon

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A gentle reminder for all of us who may be going through difficult times...........

 

Sai Ram

 

Madhvi

 

The Cocoon 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 farther.

Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so 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 life. If God

allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We

would not be as strong as what we could have been. And we could never fly.

 

- Author Anonymous

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This reminder is just excellent

Master piece undoubtedly.

 

Thanks a lot.

 

May Swami Bless you always.

 

Sai Ram

 

Soumendra