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For our mindset monday this week I want to take a short lesson from the butterfly.

As humans we have a tendancy to move towards pleasure, and avoid pain.  Nobody naturally moves towards or is motivated by pain.

However often while in the middle of a challenging situation, we do everything we can to escape and avoid the challenge we are faced with.

Learn From The Butterfly

Our lesson to be learnt today is learnt from the process the butterfly goes through to break free from it’s cocoon to begin its new life as the amazing new and transformed creature.

As we know the butterfly begins its life as a caterpillar and then begins the process of metamorphosis by spinning itself a cocoon where it will live in darkness while the processes of change take place.

This process of change takes the caterpillar into its new form, however…

When the butterfly is ready to break free from its cocoon, if it were to be helped by a human or any other external assistance, it would not develop the strength it needs to spread its wings and fly, as it was created to do.  Without this struggle, the butterfly would not develop and would end up dying, falling short of its destiny.

If the butterfly is left to undergo this time of struggle, to build and develop its strength, to break free from its confines and the things which hold it back from achieving its destiny, it will naturally develop the strength it needs to spread its wings and fly!

Dont Run From Struggles

To apply this analogy to our lives, if we run from hard situations and prefer to hide ourselves away from confronting issues in our lives, we will not develop the physical and mental strength we need to be the very people we were created to be.

Often I see kids who have been given everything they ask for, and end up having no sense of value for what they have.  The same is true with life and success.  I’m not saying that we should look for struggles, or hope to have struggles in our lives, but rather, when they do present themselves be prepared to push through with an attitude of understanding that they will produce strength, patience, endurance and wisdom.

These struggles can allow us to create our own success toolkits, which we can draw on at other times in our lives, filled with widsom to overcome adversity.

We are all faced with the opportunity to run from adversity and struggles, or face them with an attitude that as we move further along on our success journey, climb higher on the mountains of success, the path will become narrower, the air will become thinner, the companions will become fewer, and the trail will become harder - but the view from the top will be well worth it!

On a closing note… the bible says in James

“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.”

So consider it joy when you face trials, knowing that your trials, as you go through them and come out the other end will develop your faith, your belief system, your attitude, your outlook on life, and this will develop perseverance, the ability to push through, go higher, go faster, go longer, go further!

I’d love to hear from any of you who have stories of perseverance to share with the other readers, please leave comments and I’d be happy to share them in future posts as well.

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