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. So, the man decided to help the butterfly.
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. He continued to watch the butterfly, because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand 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 was never able to fly. What he had done in his well intentioned kindness and haste crippled the butterfly. What he did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required to get through the tiny opening were God'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 God allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as we could have been. And we could never fly.
Have a great day, a great life, struggle a little if you need to... Then fly!
有一个人发现了一只蝶茧。一天，蝶茧出现了一条小缝。一连几个小时，他坐着观察蝴蝶挣扎着将身体挤出那个小缝的过程。接下来似乎没有任何进展。蝴蝶好像已经尽力了，一点儿都不可能往前移动了。因此，这人决定帮蝴蝶一把。
他拿来一把剪刀，快速剪掉蝶茧剩余的部分。这样一来，蝴蝶轻松破茧而出。但它身体肿胀，翅膀萎缩。他继续观察，因为他希望蝴蝶翅膀会随时张开来支撑身体，臃肿的身体也会及时收缩。
但是，事与愿违！事实上，蝴蝶的余生就只能靠肿胀的身体和萎缩的翅膀爬行了。它永远也不能飞起来。他的良苦用心和急于求成使蝴蝶成了残废！他不懂的是，限制蝴蝶的蝶茧和身体挤出小缝所进行的挣扎是把蝴蝶体液挤入翅膀的必经过程，这样，蝴蝶一旦挣脱蝶茧获得自由，就可以准备高飞了。
有时，奋斗正是生活中必不可少的。如果老天允许我们在没有障碍的情况下度过此生，反而会使我们残缺不全。我们也就不可能像原本那么坚强。也永远不可能展翅高飞。
享有不平凡的日子，拥有不平凡的人生，必要的时候奋斗一番……然后展翅高飞吧！