MOTIVATION - PART 1

i came across this the other day while i was tutoring Luqman...it was uplifting and i need to keep this to remind myself of the important things...

"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 stopped making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further.

   Therefore, 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. However, it had a swollen body and small shrivelled 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 shrivelled 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 nature'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 we go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been."

    I could not help but agree with the story above. In retrospect,  my profession has given me the opportunity to meet many unusual and colourful characters who I can't help but wonder how they would turn out later in life. Sometimes, in the course of action I worry myself whether I have helped them in any way possible because to me, they could probably have a bleak future. Perhaps I need to stand back and watch them grow.( like what the man is supposed to do in the first place). Perhaps they need to make all the mistake in life and realise that life is hard and it is a struggle to continue living...or perhaps I need to stop worrying too much....they will be fine and turn out OK