Dr. Dahan's Daily Wisdom - Motivational Podcast

Daily Wisdom  – Motivational Podcast – Day 41 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond There is a famous parable about a child who saw a caterpillar. When the caterpillar was there on the branch, it was struggling to get out of its cocoon. So the boy, being a young child, took pity on the caterpillar and cut open the cocoon to allow the caterpillar out. When the caterpillar turned out to be a butterfly, it couldn't fly. You see, although the boy thought he was doing the caterpillar a favor, in reality, he was crippling it. The caterpillar needed to struggle out of its own cocoon in order to develop the right muscles to be able to fly later and be a free, beautiful butterfly. This parable is so important to understand because the same is true with people in life. If we truly want to accomplish something which we have to struggle and work for, and we expect to grow without working or struggling, we are just crippling ourselves and even the abilities to grow in all aspects of life. The struggle is part of the growth,