845-499-8458
           Make SHIFT Happen.
  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • CREDENTIALS
  • SERVICES
    • LIFESTYLE TRAINING
    • MOTIVATIONAL WORKSHOPS
    • FIREWALKING
  • OUR NETWORK
  • PHOTOS
  • BLOG: INSPIRATION
  • VLOG: INSPIRATION
  • CONTACT US
  • EVENTS

INSPIRATION

Whether it's a journal entry, a quote, a lyric, a picture or a word...it's everywhere...every day.

what's your message to share?

Benefits of Struggle...what will you find value in 2013?

12/12/2012

0 Comments

 
Picture
BENEFITS
OF STRUGGLING
By, Anonymous


A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One d=y a small opening  appeared, he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours =s 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 emerged 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 God'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  God 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.

I think  in life we discover our true strength only in times when being strong is the  only
choice we have left.

Face  your fears, face your obstacles for they are there to serve you to make you  stronger.
In the end, be thankful for them and hope for bigger challenges because  that
means you are great enough to face them. 

I know  of no other way that leads to self discovery other than crossing my personal  lines
and limits to discover where they are.


 

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Motivate and inspire.  It doesn't matter if it's a word, a thought or a whole journal entry...it'll reach someone.

    Archives

    April 2020
    January 2020
    August 2019
    January 2019
    September 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    November 2017
    September 2017
    July 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    May 2016
    March 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    February 2012

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.