We have a lot of milkweed plants where we live, which means we have monarch butterflies. Whenever I see one, I think of transformation and rebirth. I take a moment to reflect on the changes I’d like to make in my life.
What one change would you like to make? Would you start a business? Write a book? Get healthy and fit? Find love?
When you’ve made changes before, how easy were they?
Most of the ones I’ve made were messy. When I’ve moved, I’ve had to deal with all the stuff I’d accumulated. When I started a corporation, I couldn’t believe the amount of red tape involved. And if you’ve had children, you know that from the moment you go into labor until they move out of the house, it’s literally one mess after another.
Is it the mess that’s keeping you from transformation?
Caterpillars don’t have a choice. They are destined to change into butterflies or moths. They don’t slip into a cocoon, don a pair of wings, and then fly off.
Instead, they have to dissolve into a disgusting blob of goo to become butterflies. Every molecule of caterpillar must disappear before it can transform.
Where are you in the process? Are you still a caterpillar? Or have you started, and you now feel like a mess wrapped in blankets? If so, give yourself some shine. You’re on your way! And, just like the butterfly, you need the brief struggle to push your way out because struggle makes you stronger.
Sometimes, if we can recognize that feeling like we’re dissolving means we’re transforming, it’s easier to make it through.
