STRUGGLE

A biology teacher was teaching his students how
a caterpillar turns into a butterfly. He told the
students that in the next couple of hours, the
butterfly would struggle to come out of the
cocoon. But no one should help the butterfly.
Then he left.
The students were waiting and it happened. The
butterfly struggled to get out of the cocoon, and
one of the students took pity on it and decided
to help the butterfly out of the cocoon against
the advice of his teacher. He broke the cocoon to
help the butterfly so it didn't have to struggle
anymore. But shortly afterwards the butterfly
died.

When the teacher returned, he was told what
happened. He explained to this student that by
helping the butterfly, he had actually killed it
because it is a law of nature that the struggle to
come out of the cocoon actually helps develop
and strengthen its wings. The boy had deprived
the butterfly of its struggle and the butterfly
died.
Apply this same principle to our lives. Nothing
worthwhile in life comes without a struggle. As
parents we tend to hurt the ones we love most
because we don't allow them to struggle to gain
strength.