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A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as 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.

Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then merged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.

The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.

What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were nature’s way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

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

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Peace of Mind Produce Right Value

Once there was a farmer who discovered that he had lost his watch in the store. It was no ordinary watch because it had sentimental value for him.

After searching high and low among the feed for a long while, he gave up and asked the help of a group of children playing outside the store.

He promised them that the person who found it would be rewarded.

Hearing this, the children hurried inside the store, went through and around the entire store, but still could not find the watch.

Just when the farmer was about to give up looking for his watch, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another chance.

The farmer looked at him and thought, Why not? After all, this kid looks sincere enough.

So the farmer sent the little boy back in the store. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand!

The farmer was both happy and surprised and so he asked the boy how he succeeded where the rest had failed.

The boy replied, I did nothing but sit on the ground and listen. In the silence, I heard the ticking of the watch and just looked for it in that direction.

MORAL OF THE STORY:

A peaceful mind can think better than a worked up mind. Allow a few minutes of silence to your mind every day, and see,

how sharply it helps you to set your life the way you expect it to be!

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Meaning of Life

An eight-year-old boy approached an old man in front of a wishing well, looked up into his eyes, and asked:

“I understand you’re a very wise man. I’d like to know the secret of life.”

The old man looked down at the youngster and replied:

“I’ve thought a lot in my lifetime, and the secret can be summed up in four words

The first is to think. Think about the values you wish to live your life by.

The second is to believe. Believe in yourself based on the thinking you’ve done about the values you’re going to live your life by.

The third is to dream. Dream about the things that can be, based on your belief in yourself and the values you’re going to live by.

The last is to dare. Dare to make your dreams become reality, based on your belief in yourself and your values. “And with that, Walter E. Disney said to the little boy, Think, Believe, Dream, and Dare.

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An eight-year-old boy approached an old man in front of a wishing well, looked up into his eyes, and asked:

“I understand you’re a very wise man. I’d like to know the secret of life.”

The old man looked down at the youngster and replied:

“I’ve thought a lot in my lifetime, and the secret can be summed up in four words

The first is to think. Think about the values you wish to live your life by.

The second is to believe. Believe in yourself based on the thinking you’ve done about the values you’re going to live your life by.

The third is to dream. Dream about the things that can be, based on your belief in yourself and the values you’re going to live by.

The last is to dare. Dare to make your dreams become reality, based on your belief in yourself and your values. “And with that, Walter E. Disney said to the little boy, Think, Believe, Dream, and Dare.

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