Liane Benedict » butterflies http://www.lianebenedict.com Just a girl on a journey..... Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:29:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Butterflies… http://www.lianebenedict.com/2009/03/30/butterflies/ http://www.lianebenedict.com/2009/03/30/butterflies/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:10:57 +0000 leb http://www.lianebenedict.com/?p=86 purple-butterflies“Just when the caterpillar thought his life was over, he turned into a beautiful butterfly!”

I know its a bit cliche but butterflies hold meaning for me…  they spend the early part of their life inching their way through the world, taking it all in with no understanding of what is possible, no idea the capacity within for beauty and freedom to explore and see the world from new heights! Eventually, by instinct it knows its time to seek silence and stillness.  Guided by a greater force, it wraps itself within a cocoon and goes deep within to contemplate its growth and discover its beauty. It begins to realize there is something greater within that has yet to be seen by the world – its true beauty. By now it is ready to break free! Yet this is a process far  more difficult than anticipated.  The cocoon slowly begins to crack open and the butterfly pushes against it. Why is it so hard? It’s ready! It finds itself needing to rest often before trying again, struggling to spread its wings wide seemingly to no avail.

So it must learn patience with the process and learn to trust in the reason for the struggle.

Then the moment arrives when the final stretch of the wings brings forth a beautiful butterfly, with brilliant colors and lightness of being! It now realizes the reason for the struggle – for without it, it’s wings would never have filled with the fluids that fill them out and allow them to unfold freely.  It is the struggle that provides the wings their strength to fly.

This is how I have viewed my journey. It is also how I view others, which has helped me to learn patience in their journey…we cannot peel away someone else’s cocoon for them. The struggle to spread their wings is their own.  We can be there to celebrate the beauty when its time to fly!

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