Change

This word directed me to thinking about the term, metamorphosis.  I thought about the amazing transformation of the caterpillar into the beautiful butterfly.  The caterpillar feasts on leaves or foliage to prepare for its next stage where it envelops itself into a cocoon.  Here its body is totally digested and transformed to a butterfly that breaks through the envelop into the sunshine and air.  And to all of this we stand in awe to follow this creature as it lands on the flower and trees around us.

Change is difficult process, as we witness this in the various stages that an emerging butterfly must go through.  So, too, lasting change in our personal lives has a history of fears, pains and struggles.  Even so, there can be a degree of triumph when change deepens our life with others.

" The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new,"

     Socrates

"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."    

     Albert Einstein