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The Butterfly Story A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it 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 further. So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly 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 butterfly 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 requi...

Don't Quit My Son! In this world, when things go wrong, as they sometimes will, sometimes the road road you're trudging seems all up hill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, Someday when care is pressing you down a bit, I adice you to rest if you must, but don't you quit! Life is queer with its twists and turns, As every one of us sometimes learns, And many a failure has turned about, When they might have won had they stuck it out. My son, don't give up though the pace seems slow, am confident you may succeed with another blow! Often the goal is nearer than It seems to a faint and faltering one, Often the struggler has given up When they might have captured the victor's cup. And they learned too late, when the night slipped down, How close they were to the golden crown. Success is failure turned inside out, The silver tint to the clouds of doubt. And you never can tell how close you are, ...

An inspirational story of hope, friendship, and imagination. Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation. And every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in the other bed began to live for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside. The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats...

To "let go" does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization I can't control another. To let go is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences. To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands. To let go is not to try to change or blame another, it's to make the most of myself. To let go is not to care for, but to care about. To let go is not to fix, but to be supportive. To let go is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being. To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow another to be a human being. To let go is not to be protective, it's to permit another to face reality. To let go is not to deny, but to accept. To let go is not to nag, scold or argue, but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them. To let go is not to adjust everything to my d...

You Are Valuable A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?" Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this." He proceeded to crumple the dollar bill up. He then asked, "Who still wants it?" Still the hands were up in the air. "Well," he replied, "What if I do this?" And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now all crumpled and dirty. "Now who still wants it?" Still the hands went into the air. "My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20. Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that com...

There is one thing that is common to every individual, relationship, team, family, organization, nation, economy, and and civilization throughout the world - one thing which, if removed, will destroy the most powerful goverment, the most succesful business, the most thriving economy, the most influential leadership, the greatest friendship, the strongest character, the deepest love. on the other hand, if developed and leveraged, that one thing has the potential to create unparalleled success and prosperity in every dimension of life. yet, it is the least understood, he most neglected, and the most underestimated possibility of our time. That one thing is trust. Trust impacts us 24/7, 365 days a year. it undergirds and effects the quality of every relationship, every communication, every work project, every business venture, every effort in which are engaged. it changes the quality of every present moment and alters the trajectory and outcome of every future ...

Be open. Be adventurous. Be curious. Be eager to learn. Be genuine, not least to yourself. Don’t judge. Acknowledge the wonder of life and the amazing experience it brings. After all, it seems so real, doesn’t it? In the words of the late comedian Bill Hicks: “The world is like a ride in an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it, you think it’s real because that’s how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it’s very brightly coloured and it’s very loud and it’s fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time and they begin to question, is this real, or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, “Hey – don’t worry, don’t be afraid, ever, because, this is just a ride…” And we kill those people. “We have a lot invested in this ride. Shut him up. Look at my furrows of worry. Look at my big bank account and my family. This just has to be r...