Why Life Struggles are So Important?
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A man found a cocoon of an emperor moth. He took it home so that he could watch the moth come out of the cocoon. On the day a small opening appeared, he sat and watched the moth for several hours as the moth struggled to force the body through that little hole.
The moth seemed to be stuck and appeared to have stopped making progress. It seemed as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther. The man, in his kindness, decided to help the moth; so he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The moth then emerged easily. But its body was swollen and small, its wings wrinkled and shriveled. The man continued to watch the moth because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to and able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened! In fact, the little moth spent the rest of its life crawling around with a small, swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.
The man in his kindness and haste did not understand that the struggle required for the moth to get through the tiny opening was necessary to force fluid from the body of the moth into its wings so that it would be ready for flight upon achieving its freedom from the cocoon. Freedom and flight would only come after the struggle. By depriving the moth of a struggle, he deprived the moth of health.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were to go through our life without any obstacles, we would be crippled. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. Give every opportunity a chance, leave no room for regrets, and don’t forget the power in the struggle.
From author unknown.
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Hi Arswino - It’s difficult to watch others struggle and just as difficult to be struggling ourselves. The man in your story had very good intentions, but what he missed is that struggling is not in vain, struggle always has a purpose. If we can remember this in our own lives our times of struggle won’t seem so crushing. Thanks!
What a coincidence! My friend and I were talking about cocoons and butterflies just this morning.
We should really be patient enough to be able to witness great and beautiful things unfold before our eyes.
Arswino,
I love this story. My personality is of the type that sticks my nose where it doesn’t belong in order to ‘put things right’ so this story is a good reminder every time I hear it. Good to hear from you!
Hi Arswino
Struggles is what gives us wings, working through our sruggles is how we earn our wings one feather at a time.
Great post, I like at the end when you said: “Give every opportunity a chance, leave no room for regrets, and don’t forget the power in the struggle.”
Thank you for sharing.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Great minds must think alike. I recently posted the same story on my blog. Struggles make us stronger…sometimes that is hard to remember when we are surrounded by the struggle.
Wow! Great post! I do believe that the struggles in life are what make us strong. Will share this with friends.
Hi Arswino,
This is an excellent story. It is so true that our struggles are important life lessons and we need the chance to get through them. Great post :~)
Hi Amanda, Jocelyn, Daphne, Giovanna, Stacey and Sara. First I want to apologize for replying so late, and thank you very much for all of your comments.
Hi Vince, welcome. Thank you so much if you could share this with your friends.
Your story definitely rings a bell in me, as I am currently going through one of life’s struggle myself. But I will be stronger and wiser than before. Thanks for sharing.