"One day a small opening appeared in a cocoon. A man sat and watched for the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little opening, then it seemed to stop making progress. It seemed as if it had gotten as far as it could and could get no further.
So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and opened the cocoon. Then the butterfly emerged easily. But its body was withered and tiny. Its wings were shriveled.
The man continued to watch, expecting that at any moment the wings would open, enlarge and expand, and become firm and able to support the butterfly's body.
Neither happened. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around in a withered body with shriveled wings. It was never able to fly.
What the man, in his kindness, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and struggle required in order for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening are Nature's Way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings. So it can fly once it has achieved freedom from the cocoon.
How does one become a butterfly?
You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar."
