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BUTTERFLY TEACHERS
I was out in Deborah’s garden the other day when what should catch my eye
flitting from flower to flower but a monarch butterfly.
A walk through Deborah’s flower garden is brimming with surprises…
Like when that monarch was joined by other butterflies of all colors, shapes and sizes.
Nature is always trying to teach us…for she is experienced, enlightened and wise….
and her most basic lessons are being taught to us…by her butterflies.
Like how nothing is ever permanent…no matter in what stage we’d like to stay
We…and everything around us…all change a little every day.
Like how knowing all life is fragile…once our delicate wings have finally unfurled
we should treat everything with gentleness as we add our beauty to the world.
Like how all butterflies share the flowers…no butterfly is rich…no butterfly is poor…
Like how you never see a butterfly carrying a weapon…or marching off to war.
The average butterfly lives only two weeks…they have only two weeks to try and reach us
which means they cram a lot of material in the lessons they try to teach us.
Nature knows we are not fast learners however…so she has found a way
to keep a kaleidoscope of butterfly teachers constantly coming our way.
I hope one day we will have learned their lessons…
that we too will be experienced enlightened and wise….
It’s a dream that I’ll keep dreaming…
as long as there are butterflies.
