"The Butterfly"

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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 further. 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.

The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able 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 never was able to fly.

What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly 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 lives. If God
allowed us to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. We could never fly!

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I asked for Strength.........
And God gave me Difficulties to make me strong.
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I asked for Wisdom.........
And God gave me Problems to solve.

I asked for Prosperity.........
And God gave me Brain and Brawn to work.

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I asked for Courage.........
And God gave me Danger to overcome.

I asked for Love.........
And God gave me Troubled people to help.


I asked for Favors.........
And God gave me Opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted ...
I received everything I needed!

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Hi Blue_Gaya
:yup: words cannot describe how much I liked this story
It is so beautiful
excellent work sister

Good Luck :ciao:

:biggthump a very nice lesson sis
i think we all would learn how to struggle
and we would know why we have some problems
:o actually to be stronger
i think i have got the translation of this piece
if u would like to read it in Arabic, i would be glad to post it
thank u sister and keep it up
:ciao: c ya

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Hi Blue_Gaya
words cannot describe how much I liked this story
It is so beautiful
excellent work sister

Good Luck

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glad to know that u like it
thanks 4 your replay bro
c ya

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a very nice lesson sis
i think we all would learn how to struggle
and we would know why we have some problems
actually to be stronger
i think i have got the translation of this piece
if u would like to read it in Arabic, i would be glad to post it
thank u sister and keep it up
c ya

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Hi sis

its hard to struggle but we need to be stronge to make it thrue

But that the truth I think and life is hard

Really u translate it to Arabic can u post it here

I would love to read it in Arabic

Thanks already my dear

and thanks 4 your reply

:أفكر: Hi dear sis
i didnt translate it myself
:D i got it translated through email
:here is the translation

عثر رجل على شرنقة لفراشة، وفي يوم ظهرت بها فتحة صغيرة، فجلس لمشاهدة الفراشة لعدة ساعات، وهي تكافح دافعة بجسمها إلى خارج الفتحة، ثم بدت وكأنها توقفت عن إحراز أي تقدم، وبدت وكأنها بذلت أقصى ما لديها ولم تعد قادرة على المضي قدما، حينئذ قرر الرجل مساعدتها.



فأخذ مقصا و قص ما تبقى من الشرنقة، حينها خرجت الفراشة بكل سهولة، ولكن هنالك شيء غريب، كان للفراشة جسم منتفخ وأجنحة ذابلة، فإستمر الرجل بمراقبة الفراشة لأنه توقع بأنه في أية لحظة، ستكبر الأجنحة وتتمدد وتصبح قادرة على دعم الجسم والذي سوف يتقلص في الوقت المناسب، ولكن... لم يحدث أي شيء من ذلك، في الواقع، قضت الفراشة بقية حياتها زاحفة بجسم منتفخ وأجنحة مشوّهة، ولم تتمكن من الطيران أبدا.



الذي لم يعيه الرجل بطيبته وإندفاعه، إن الأمر يتطلب أن تكون الشرنقة ضيقة، وأن تصارع الفراشة وتناضل، لتتمكن من الخروج خلال هذه الفتحة الصغيرة، فهي إرادة الله عز وجل في جعل السوائل التي في جسم الفراشة، تندفع بفعل هذا الصراع إلى الأجنحة، بحيث تكون مستعدة للطيران متى ما تحررت من الشرنقة، أحيانا، يكون الصراع والكفاح هو بالذات ما نحتاج إليه في حياتنا.



ولو سمح لنا الباري جل وعلا في المضي في حياتنا بأكملها دون أية عقبات، فإن هذا من شأنه أن يعوّقنا ويضعفنا، ولن نصبح أقوياء كما يجب، ليس هذا فقط، بل لن نتمكن من الطيران أبدا...

thank u again
:ciao: c ya

HI MY SWEET Heart blue gaya

your topic is verey nice i like it

:biggthump keep go on thx alot

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المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة vampirprinzessin

HI MY SWEET Heart blue gaya

your topic is verey nice i like it

:biggthump keep go on thx alot

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Hi sunshine how are U :)
glad to see u here
thanks 4 passing by :ciao:

It's Fantastic story

Really we should be able to struggle in this life

very nice I like it so much

Thanks again sis

:ciao:

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المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة Victory's sword

It's Fantastic story


Really we should be able to struggle in this life

very nice I like it so much

Thanks again sis

:ciao:

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thanks 4 yuor reply brother
glad u like it

very inspiring story and teaching a great lesson in life
Thanks a lot :)

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المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة Toboe

very inspiring story and teaching a great lesson in life

Thanks a lot :)

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you are very welcome
glad you like it ..thanks 4 passing by
:ciao: