A glimpse of “Hope.”
A few years ago a friend introduced me to the book, “Hope For The Flowers.” It’s a really sweet tale written as a children’s book but with a very adult message. The story centers around two caterpillars who meet on their journey to the top of the pillar. After returning home together and starting a life, one of the butterflies, Stripe, decides he must return to the pillar, climb to the top, and see what it’s all about. Yellow is devastated but understands his need to feed this curiosity. In the interim, she meets a butterfly who guides her into a cocoon, where she later emerges a beautiful butterfly and flies to the top of the pillar. There she encounters Stripe, who has reached his destination only to learn the view from the top was not what he expected. He sees what she has become and returns home to make his transformation into a butterfly as well.
I think what has always drawn me to this story is not the idea of two things separating and returning to each other, but the lessons that each of them learned in taking their own journey. It’s common as we get older to spend our time attached to people who we feel comfortable with, or who we perceive as having the life we want. We succumb to expectations, idealisms, and the “story” of what seems to be a perfect situation, only to realize that it may not be right for us. We make decisions that we feel compelled to stick with, not realizing there are options and other ways to achieve our goals and happiness.
The reality is, dreams change. Life changes. The people around you will change. The more you are able to adapt and take on a perspective of looking at the big picture and not the immediate feeling of the moment, the better chance you have at being successful. Put yourself in a cocoon for awhile, or climb to the top of your pillar. Discover what you need to about yourself.
What’s meant to be will always be.
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