We all have at some point been through situations that have tested our patience. We were knocked down by the challenges and felt a sense of burden to overcome it. At times, the timeline of struggle may have been extended over a time wherein you began to loose hope and try to quit in that course of time. It is always a tendency among us where we give up as we focus on the road that we are yet to travel to reach our destination. And instead loose the focal point of how far we have taken to travel all this while. The journey through your struggle isnt about the suffering but overcoming the adversity. We all tend to avoid but the purpose is to embrace it.
Sometimes the struggle that we go through can also be a boon rather than a curse. You may find this amusing but the reality, is always in the unseen that we find. The person we grow to be from the challenges that we face is what makes us stronger.
Let me take you through a story which would make you acquaint with struggle turning as a boon instead of a curse.
One beautiful afternoon, a young man was taking a stroll around his garden when he noticed a cocoon of a butterfly on a leaf. Thrilled to see an amazing transformation of nature, he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through a little hole of its cocoon.
After a while the butterfly seemed to stop making any progress. It was struggling so hard to get out! It looked like it couldn’t break free! It looked desperate! It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further.
The kind hearted man decided to help the butterfly. He got a pair of scissors and tweaked the cocoon to make a larger opening for the butterfly. The butterfly emerged easily without any struggle. But unlike any other butterflies in his garden, it had a swollen body with small and withered wings.
The man was happy that he made the butterfly come out of its cocoon without much struggle. He continued to watch the butterfly expecting that, at any moment, the wings would dry out, enlarge and expand to support the swollen body, which would contract in time.
Unfortunately, neither its wings expanded nor the swollen body reduced. The butterfly crawled around with shriveled wings and swollen body, never able to fly all through its life.
Although with the good intention the man hindered the growth of the butterfly. The continuous effort from the butterfly to come out of its cocoon would force out the fluid stored in the body to convert it into the wings. What the man, in haste to help the butterfly, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle were the key to the butterfly’s beautiful body and wings.
Thus, sometimes struggles and challenges are exactly what we need to grow in our lives. Like, the struggle to get out of the cocoon gives butterfly its beautiful wings, struggles in our life makes us stronger and gives us wings to fly.
So, the next time you face challenges or obstacles in life. I hope you would be able to face it in a calm manner not only focusing on the cons but pros as well.
Always remember, it doesn’t matter where you are led to but what leads you there and how. It is your determination and your will that matters. Never let it cripple you or clip your wings.
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Well defined Struggle word.....such a nice blog Cynthia. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking the time and reading it 😊
ReplyDeleteWow fantastic story Cynthia. Keep it up 👍
ReplyDeleteThank you Govind
DeleteNicely written, so proud of you.. .. You must continue writing
ReplyDeleteNot many people can face problems in life and either run away or give up.. .Either ways the problem never gets resolved and can only get bigger.
Always face problems / struggle with a smile and it will definitely make you a stronger and better person.
True that !! Will definitely continue to blog and share my thoughts across. Thank you for the kudos 😊
DeleteNice inspirational Story..
ReplyDeleteThank you 😊
DeleteTrue , nice an really good one ��
ReplyDeleteThanks. Glad you liked it. 😊
DeleteVery true Cynthia, it is good to know that you have a positive outlook towards life. And this blog will help people and enable them to realise that they shouldn’t give up and that they should take it as a challenge and not as a problem.
ReplyDeleteEverybody loves when good things happen in life. What they need to also look forward to, is the valuable lessons from the struggles which will make them stronger than ever before.
Looking forward to read more from you.
Rightly said. Thank you will definitely try my best to keep you all interested in my blogs and most important connected.
DeleteAwesome read.. thanks for sharing
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Glad you liked it.
DeleteNice...iwill follow,will you??
ReplyDeleteYes, that is the whole and sole purpose. Thank you for taking the time and liking it. 😘😊
DeleteWell defined the word struggle..
ReplyDeleteStruggle is faced by each of us at certain point in our life..
The only thing is how one takes up such situations and face those..
It doesn't matter whether we win or loose but we will learn a lot in our life from those struggle..
Thanks Cynthia for sharing..
Keep writing..
I felt motivated🙂👌
Thank you so much Dutta. It feels delighted to know that you liked the post and looking forward to keep you people connected through my blog 😊
DeleteNice blog Cynthia...thanks for sharing...
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking time to read. 😊
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