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Title: Struggle........... Post by Little Deb on Jul 30th, 2004, 8:59am Struggle 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 farther. Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so 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 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 life. If nature allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. And we could never fly... ~ Author Unknown ~ |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by OneEyeBlind on Jul 30th, 2004, 9:09am Ahhhhhhhhh, I loved that one. Speading my wings. |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by jhammer on Jul 30th, 2004, 9:13am Kinda makes you think doesn't it... |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by john_d on Jul 30th, 2004, 9:39am Miss Lil Deb, You just touched a total stranger, that story speaks to exacty where I am with a young person right now. Thank you. John D. |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by ShariRae on Jul 30th, 2004, 9:40am What a great post.. Thank You Shari |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by Jayne on Jul 30th, 2004, 9:50am how appropriate for what has been going on with ouch. Thank you Deb. Let Ouch begin to spread thier wings! |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by kimh on Jul 30th, 2004, 9:58am Thanks for that post :) |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by Turts on Jul 30th, 2004, 12:53pm Thats a good analogy of life Little Deb, Thanks Turts |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by Carl_D on Jul 30th, 2004, 1:08pm WOW! What a great analogy. Very, very nice. Thanks. Peace & Love, Carl D |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by Ree on Jul 30th, 2004, 1:12pm very cool... (as I sit here wanting to kick that guys butt for butting in with that butterfly and causing his disability..........) Great post Love to you Ree |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by Jeepgun on Jul 30th, 2004, 1:35pm For OUCH, for each of us as individuals... I've always loved this story. It ties in nicely with my determination to find some good in all of this pain. But for the darkness, we could not recognize the light. But for the pain, grief, suffering, and tears, we could never recognize the joy and incredible love that suffuses every atom and molecule of this universe, with God kissing us and saying so tenderly to us at every turn, on the voice of every breeze, in every raindrop, with every sunrise and glorious sunset: "Darling One, Heart of my Heart, I love you." |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by Little Deb on Jul 30th, 2004, 1:49pm Sweet! Jeep! |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by Leesa on Jul 30th, 2004, 2:15pm Deb that was AWESOME! Thanks so much for the reminder of what it is we stive for.........a better tomorrow. Leesa ;;D |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by E-Double on Jul 30th, 2004, 3:00pm Beautifully put!!! |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by Tim_Z on Jul 31st, 2004, 2:24am Neat story, makes me think hmmmm. Sometimes we never know why until the final outcome if ever. Tim |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by Jeepgun on Jul 31st, 2004, 2:30am Steel is nothing until it is thrust into the forge, beaten with hammers, honed, tempered in fire again, and then polished into a sword fit for the hand of a great king. Most of the time, even in the middle of a horrendous cycle, I get this image of me standing on a mountaintop with a hellacious storm raging and crashing all around me, above me the boiling black sky and below me, the raging angry sea. As the lightning streaks down and the rain blasts out of the heavens, I'm still there, shaking my fist in the air and yelling, "COME ON!! Is THAT the best you can do??? I'M STILL STANDING!! HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT!! I DARE YOU!!!" I've fallen off of a 40' waterfall, been to two wars, been stabbed, shot at, been in numerous car wrecks, attempted suicide three times, broke my neck diving into a shallow pool, been thrown from horses, been in uncountable fistfights, nearly beaten to death by my parents, been in two motorcycle wrecks, survived being born two months premature, and nearly had two fatal crashes in my ultralight. I'm still here, perfectly healthy (except for cluster headaches), and whatever else life can dish out, all I've got to say on the matter is, "BRING IT!!" "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely, in a pretty and well preserved body. Life is a journey to the grave, skidding in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming -- WOW--What a Ride!" :) |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by nancyc on Jul 31st, 2004, 6:04pm ;;Dneat....nancyc |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by Sean_C on Jul 31st, 2004, 6:30pm No wonder I can't fuckin fly, I was a cessarian section...........................................damn it Sean........... ;;D |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by KimM on Jul 31st, 2004, 6:40pm Thank you Deb, I really needed that reminder today. ;) "Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If nature allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been." Kim |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by Ree on Jul 31st, 2004, 8:07pm Deb awesome Jeep.........awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Sean C...........LOL you nut.................. love ree |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by Little Deb on Aug 1st, 2004, 4:30pm I decided to give it a bump, just cause it's Sunday. Happy Day All!! Jeep, OMGoodness!! Lookin' at your smile, one would never imagine what a potpouri of life you have had. smile at a butterfly today............Little Deb ;) |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by Sean_C on Aug 1st, 2004, 6:53pm on 08/01/04 at 16:30:43, Little Deb wrote:
Dude this is to funny [smiley=laugh.gif][smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif] Sean.............. Football dude, think football ;;D |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by Jeepgun on Aug 1st, 2004, 7:30pm on 08/01/04 at 16:30:43, Little Deb wrote:
Thanks, Butterfly. *smiling at you* All I can say is that it certainly hasn't been dull. LOL If I couldn't smile, that would mean that I was defeated, and I refuse to ever be defeated. :) It's nice to be able to turn around and bless it all, because it has brought me to this point, and looking around at my life, I can say that for the most part, I am truly happy. Smiling through the rain, -Frank :) |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by cootie on Aug 1st, 2004, 10:16pm really cool Deb.........that was nice !!! Wow jeep you been thru all that ??? Holy crap.......guess you were 'ment to be' and you still are ! Crash and burn dummbie Pam |
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Title: Re: Struggle........... Post by Jeepgun on Aug 2nd, 2004, 8:41am Life has been one big war, one gigantic, flamboyantly fiery trainwreck... LOL And yeah, at this point, I plan on living forever. (So far, so good...) [smiley=laugh.gif] |
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