A man tracked down a case of a butterfly. One day a little opening showed up; he sat and watched the butterfly for a few hours as it battled to compel its body through that little opening. Then it appeared to quit gaining any headway. Maybe it had gotten to the furthest extent that it would be able and it could go no farther.

Then the man chose to help the butterfly, so he took some scissors and clipped off the excess piece of the cover. The butterfly then, at that point, arose without any problem. However, it had an enlarged body and little, wilted wings.

The man kept on watching the butterfly since he anticipated that, all of a sudden, the wings would broaden and extend to have the option to help the body, which would contract in time.

Neither occurred! As a matter of fact, the butterfly spent the remainder of its life slithering around with an enlarged body and wilted wings. It always was unable to fly.

What this man in his generosity and scurry didn't comprehend was that the confining cover and the battle expected for the butterfly to get past the minuscule opening were nature's approach to constraining liquid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so it would be prepared for flight once it accomplished its independence from the casing.

Now and then battles are precisely exact thing we really want in our life. In the event that nature permitted us to carry on with our existence with practically no obstructions, it would handicap us. We wouldn't be all around as solid as what we might have been. Also, we would never fly...

14.THE OBSTACLES

In ancient times, a king had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king’s wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it.

Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the big stone out of the way. Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. On approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. As the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been.

The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The peasant learned what many others never understand.