why i love butterfly

Do you love butterflies? Enjoy this beautiful inspirational story with me...

'No matter what, I love butterflies. I love to see them in my garden in the summer, I love watching them go about their daily business without a care in the world. But why do we love butterflies so much?


Butterflies are something unique of a creature in the insect world. They start out as one thing (a caterpillar) and become a butterfly. They start their lives as caterpillars eating everything as much as they can till they get big enough to start a cocoon. They spin this web of silk to hide in and as they are hiding in their cocoon they change into a butterfly. When they are ready, they then fight their way out of that cocoon to what we see flying about on wings of pure beauty.


Did you know that if you were to do what you think is the a kind thing and help a butterfly out of its cocoon that it won't be able to fly? Its the fighting it does to get out of its cocoon that strengthens its wings so it can take to the air.


Now think about that in your own life as a example. We all started somewhere - good or bad, we started our lives somewhere in the world. As children we eat as much as we could till we grew up large enough to leave home. Our families and the world around us put's us into a cocoon. We fought out of our cocoon that are families put us in to grow up and become the persons we are today. We have all met people who have stopped growing, stopped because of failures. These are the people who gave up on their wings.


Some of us didn't fight our way out of our cocoons till later in life but we did. Now we are a person of great beauty and strength on our own wings of beauty. When you fight for what you want in the world, and don't expect it handed to you, you are really getting your own wings ready for flight.


Life will always be what you put into and take out of it. Now is the time to sit back and think to yourselves, am I a butterfly or am I still stuck in my cocoon? Or is there someone I know who needs a little help to open up their wings and take flight? Unlike butterflies we all need a little help getting out of our self imposed cocoons. If we all reach out and give our fellow ladies a helping hand the air will be filled with the most amazing butterflies of all. Freedom is a beautiful thing on the set of wings, real or not.


Me? I'm going to plant a garden of flowers so I may be able to sit back and watch the most little simple creature in the world, the butterfly.


The next time you see a butterfly and take great delight at its beauty. Because no matter what, like that simple butterfly you are either still a caterpillar, in your cocoon, or using your own set of wings. Where would you rather be if your life was based on a butterflies life cycle?'

Copyright 2009, Kim Snyder, Overallbeauty.com