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sue.henneberry@btinternet.com
wrote...
Do you wish to be listed
anonymously? No
Which area is your meta4
useful in? Confidence
for embracing change - Ego strengthening, Not too
sure!
Which country are you in?
UK
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When I think of change and
how unsettling it sometimes can be, I often think
of the humble caterpillar. There it is, eating its
way through life. A simple little being. Nothing much
going for it, not much for it to do except eat.
It doesn't choose a mate, doesn't
raise young. It just eats. Nobody takes any notice
of it.
'And then it sleeps'. Makes
itself a cosy cocoon, it's safe and it sleeps. Who
knows what this little caterpillar 'thinks about while
it’s sleeping'.
Hasn't had much excitement
in its life to dwell upon. Maybe it 'thinks about
changing'. Maybe it just 'allows itself to change'.
Maybe it doesn’t 'think' too 'deeply' about
changing. Maybe it just 'changes naturally and instinctively'.
And then when I 'think about
that change taking place', I am always 'amazed at
how different the being is' that emerges from the
chrysalis. 'So entirely different'. Simply by 'allowing
nature to take its course', our humble little caterpillar.....who
never went anywhere, who never did anything except
eat ....suddenly and 'easily becomes' this beautiful
entity. 'Wonderful' colours and markings that make
it unique.
And this fragile-seeming butterfly
'does amazing things'. It can fly thousands of miles.
Sometimes over wide and raging seas. It procreates
to ensure the survival of the species. It's a source
of beauty. It has songs and stories composed about
it. Everyone notices it. Some 'find peace' in simply
watching the fanning of its wings. Some find fascination
in the patterns of its wings.
'A truly worth-while and courageous
being'. Amazing what change can bring about, don't
you think?
Ed's note:
Thanks Sue!
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