An Inspirational
Story
A man found a cocoon of an emperor moth. He took it home so that
he could watch the moth come out of the cocoon. On the day a small opening
appeared, he sat and watched the moth for several hours as the moth struggled
to force the 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. It just seemed to be
stuck. Then the man, in his kindness, decided to help the moth, so he took a
pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The moth then
emerged easily.
But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The man
continued to watch the moth 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 little moth 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 moth to get through
the tiny opening was the way of forcing fluid from the body of the moth into
its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom
from the cocoon. Freedom and flight would only come after the struggle. By
depriving the moth of a struggle, he deprived the moth of health.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we
were to go through our life without any obstacles, we would be crippled.
We would not be as strong as what we could have been. Give every
opportunity a chance, leave no room for regrets.
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