Thanks for this :) -----Original Message----- From: Tim Hundsdorfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 9:40 AM Subject: FW: Struggles >Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 18:08:51 +0000 >From: Jennifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Struggles In Our Lives > > Struggles In Our Lives > >A man found a cocoon of an emperor moth. One day a small >opening appeared, he sat and watched the moth for several hours >as the moth 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 moth, so he took a pair of >scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The >moth then emerged easily. > >But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The >man continued to watch the moth 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 little moth 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 moth to get through the tiny opening were Mother Nature's >way of forcing fluid from the body of the moth 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 Mother >Nature 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. > >- author unknown > >Tim Hundsdorfer >Office of Sponsored Programs >(303) 556-2770 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
