Struggle A Little

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly, that he brought home.

One day a small opening appeared he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours. 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, he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and the body would contract.

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.The man acted with well-intentioned kindness but he didn't understand the consequences.

The restricting cocoon and the struggle required to get through the tiny opening, were nature's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were to go through life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as we could have been and we could never fly.

So the next time you are faced with an obstacle,a challenge, or a problem, remember the butterfly.

Struggle a little - then fly!

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hehe i got the story from mavis. She said she posted this story on her blog before but i guess it doesn't matter if i post it again =D afterall not EVERYONE goes to her blog =P

Quite true isn't it? If have never struggled, you would never experience the joy of success. We've been hearing phrases that depict such simple logics but have u ever noticed? Haven't our parents and teachers always told us 先苦后甜？ 吃得苦中苦，方为人上人？Haha k lah i'm not here to 'showoff' my chinese. But u get my idea lah LOL.

I said this some entries before: I dislike insects that fly. haha i dislike butterflies! but they look nice from afar. AFAR. =) something to take note! NEVER take your kids (if u going to haf one) to the butterfly garden in Thailand. U dunno how traumatising the experience can be to a child! Lucky the 虎豹别墅 close down already. I remember my dad putting me next to this ant that is as big as me when I was 5. TOTALLY FREAKED OUT ok! yepp. In conclusion, insects sux. Ziyuan sux too cos he likes insects. *puke*

heh last but not least i shall post this very important message!

GOOD LUCK FOR PROMOS EVERYONE!!

MUG SMART, NOT HARD.

TAKE CARE, NOT NOTES.

DRINK LOTSA WATER! FROM THE MUG IF U WISH

=DD

AND ALSO,

REMEBER TO SLEEP EARLY AND REST WELL!

休息是为了走更长远的路。

*in short, just weigh the marginal benefits and marginal costs of forgoing your sleep to mug that extra few minutes. MC>MR is a NONO! MR>MC also not good. haha mug at the point MR=MC ba.

=)

I love Economics! I really do. =D