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On Wings of a Butterfly 

Sometimes when we’re going through change and transition we have to let go of things that served us well at one point but no longer fit for us.  Perhaps it’s a relationship.  Maybe a safe career path or familiar way of doing things.  Perhaps an organization you were really involved in has run its course.  Seems a lot of people are in some state of transformation right now…leaving behind an old way of doing things, an old way of being, familiar territory.

It can be scary.  We often look more steadily at what we “seem” to be losing than we do at what we’re gaining.  It’s at times like these it is helpful to remember this beautiful proverb:

“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.”

 I have a lot of butterflies in my office. A beautiful blue glass butterfly, a butterfly garland across my window, butterfly paperweights.  They are great reminders that no matter what transition I’m in at the moment, the butterfly comes after letting go of the old way.  It’s not always pretty.  The caterpillar weaves its cocoon, which to the untrained eye may look dead.  But hold on, because the butterfly is in the works! 

What transformation are you in right now?  Do you need to let go of something, perhaps even go into a somewhat dormant state to allow the transformation to take place?  This can be a scary thing but remember the beautiful butterfly, and that you’re on your way to becoming one.  Find a picture of a butterfly or some other symbolic reminder that your transformation is in progress, even though you may not see evidence yet.   

Like the butterfly, you will emerge strong, beautiful and with wings that will take you to new and perhaps undreamed of heights.   

Go ahead, dream of the day when you’ll float like a butterfly.  It will be here soon.