seekeroftruth
11-12-2005, 06:27 PM
THE BUTTERFLY
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
further.
So the man decided to help the butterfly. 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 Allah's(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 lives. If Allah
allowed us
to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We
would not
be as strong as what we could have been.
We could never fly!
(this was not written by me -- can't find the author)
_______
http://somewisdom.blogspot.com
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
further.
So the man decided to help the butterfly. 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 Allah's(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 lives. If Allah
allowed us
to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We
would not
be as strong as what we could have been.
We could never fly!
(this was not written by me -- can't find the author)
_______
http://somewisdom.blogspot.com