Flutter by.. If I were a butterfly

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If I were a butterfly, where would I go?
Fluttering here and there
to and fro.

Gliding on winds breath,
taking in the scenes
Nothing to hold one back
because I have wings..

If I were a butterfly, where would I go?
flutter by, butterfly
to and fro..

Only I, only I, would know.

If I were a butterfly...

~Kimberley Jones 2010 "Flutter by butterfly"
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Took this the other day on my porch.. Rain showers had just ended, and the sun was showing its face.. I had to let my lens acclimate
to the hot and humid conditions outside vs the nice cool room it was in.. (very time consuming when you have a fast subj. such as this..)

Butterflies just amaze me..when we see them in their fullness. One would find themselves in awe.. Fascination sets in as you watch one in flight, or resting on a flower, taking in its sweet nectar.

However, if one digs deeper into the story, it is even more fascinating.. I found this story some years ago, but it has helped me along the way..

The story of the butterfly
http://www.hawaiiswim.org/business/TheButterfly/TheButterfly.html

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 squeeze its body through the tiny hole.
Then it stopped, as if it couldn't go further.

So the man decided to help the butterfly.
He took a pair of scissors and
snipped off the remaining bits of cocoon.
The butterfly emerged easily but
it had a swollen body and shriveled wings.

The man continued to watch it,
expecting that any minute the wings would enlarge
and expand enough to support the body,
Neither happened!
In fact the butterfly spent the rest of its life
crawling around.
It was never able to fly.

What the man in his kindness
and haste did not understand:
The restricting cocoon and the struggle
required by the butterfly to get through the opening
was a way of forcing the fluid from the body
into the wings so that it would be ready
for flight once that was achieved.

Sometimes struggles are exactly
what we need in our lives.
Going through life with no obstacles would cripple us.
We will not be as strong as we could have been
and we would never fly.

So have a nice day and struggle a little and teach well.

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So a little thought to add.. With our struggles in life and sometimes the feeling comes across to just give up.. Remember, these struggles help give strength for one's fullness, When you can finally see the light and spread your wings and fly..

Flutter by butterfly, flutter by.

2bamazed, always