"A young student found a cocoon one day and brought it to school. His teacher put it in a warm place and several weeks later an opening could be seen. As the class watched, an emperor moth was struggling to break out. But try as it might, it couldn't seem to force its body past a certain point.
Finally, the class decided to help. A student took scissors and snipped off the cocoon's protective covering. The moth emerged, but its body was large and swollen and its wings stunted. the wings didn't spread out in their natural beauty and the moth never flew. It spent its short life dragging around a swollen body and shriveled wings...The moth's struggle to get through the tiny opening in the cocoon was necessary to force fluid from the body of the wings. Without struggle, the wings never developed."
We can begin to understand how death is a doorway to a higher life when we experience how the "little deaths" we all pass through lead to a better appreciation of life. These little deaths found in sickness, pain, suffering, inconvenience, struggle, disappointment and a thousand other frustrations of our will should not occasion defeat. That would lead us to deeper forms of death. Rather, they should awaken powers within us that give us a more exhilarating sense of life.
Confidance seperates you from the rest so hold yours high and never break for others. Time is precious and we only have so much of it to do what we want and spend it with who we love, don't take advantage of it.
P.S i am taken by the love of my life (KrNb0iAl3x) :) so please don't send me creepy notes, thanks!
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