Have you ever seen any pupa? Bugs like butterfly will be in the form of pupa before they could grow wings and turn into butterfly.

There was once, a boy, who discovered a butterfly pupa in his garden. Few days later, he realized that there was a tiny opening on the pupa. Since then, he studied the pupa everyday.

On a particular day, he could almost see the butterfly’s wings from that opening that’s a little bit larger now. Out of a sudden, the butterfly started moving!

It was struggling on its way to get out of the pupa. It was trying so hard, but couldn’t seem to make it…

Looking at the butterfly that seemed suffering, the boy decided to help. He got himself a pair of scissors and cut open the pupa. So, the butterfly came out easily.

But hold on, the butterfly… it appeared to be a little ‘over weight’. Its wings are tiny and vulnerable.

He never left the butterfly alone as he wished to study more about it. He believed that the butterfly could grow stronger in time.

However, whatever he hoped for, it never came true. The butterfly lived the same way, crawling on the ground, never getting a chance to fly.

The boy had a kind intention, but he never understood what he’s done.

In order for a butterfly to be fully grown, it has to struggle through its pupa no matter how hard it could be. Only through such process, the pupa could help squeeze the butterfly’s excessive fluid in the body, leaving it behind.

This is how nature works. There’s always a mystical design.
To struggle its way out of the pupa, is a training that prepares a butterfly for its destiny.

‘Struggle’ in life, is inevitable and essential.

If the road of life is always flat and predictable, then we would not have a chance to train ourselves getting stronger. Growth and advancement would never be achieved.



Postscript:

Nature always has its marvellous way. I believe it’s the same when it comes to nurturing our children. We often worry too much over anything possible. We’d think that the kids wouldn’t know anything at their age, so we helped. Sometimes we thought that we’ve helped, but it could possibly ruin them. To protect blindly is different from fostering with care. When we over-protect someone, they’d grow weaker; when we foster someone attentively, they grow for advancement. As the ones who nurture the JD, we must understand that the kids would have a world of their own. We shall never interfere their world for the sake of our needs. Hence we must very careful while nurturing the children, or else we could be ‘the ones who cut the pupa’.

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