This is NOT something you’re gonna want to hear. We are ALL going to struggle in this life. It is a guarantee that you will suffer. That you will cry a lot and curl up into a ball. It is guaranteed that you will want to run away from that struggle.
It may surprise you to know that perseverance through all of that struggle will help you find your purpose in life. It will give you your meaning, your wholeness, your happiness. It will help you reach your full potential.
Stop a minute and consider the struggle a butterfly has to go through to get to the point of absolute beauty. It starts out as a caterpillar and lives in a cocoon. In the cocoon it digests itself and breaks down every single one of it’s enzymes. During this process, a transformation occurs. You cannot interrupt this process until it is fully complete so patience and perseverance are vital.
When we are faced with adversity and we don’t face the fears of what we’re actually going through, we’re not going to be able to truly get through it and become that beautiful butterfly.
It is important for us to know when we are in the cocoon of struggle and take the necessary steps to come out of it.
Struggle has a way of showing us that many of the “petty” everyday things don’t really matter.
Just like the caterpillar, many of us are forced into “cocoons” of learning so we can emerge into beautiful “butterflies” ourselves.
“Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when lived for others — Helen Keller
Take Helen Keller — deaf and blind. How can she say that? She is the picture of suffering. She lived in suffering for all of her life. But yet, she saw that there was a purpose, that there was much more to life and that you can absolutely get through whatever you’re going through whether you feel like you are worth it or not. You are worth it to one person and you can be for somebody else.
Perseverance and grit are the keys to all of this. And every single one of us has it. Perseverance must finish its work until you get to your ultimate purpose. You cannot cut a cocoon open before its time or there will be no butterfly.
It’s important to know that we are supposed to be in that moment of struggle as long as you are looking forward.
“What the caterpillar calls The End, the world calls a butterfly”
What are the struggles you are going through right now? Have you faced it? Maybe you’ve faced it and can use it for something much greater.
I know it sucks to look at trouble in the eye, but today I challenge you to do it. You will see something great will come out of it.
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