Invitation to a Transformation
"Transformation. Transformation is a marvelous thing. I am thinking especially of the transformation of butterflies. Though wonderful to watch, transformation from larva to pupa or from pupa to butterfly is not a particularly pleasant process for the subject involved. There comes for every caterpillar a difficult moment when he begins to feel pervaded by an odd sense of discomfort. It is a tight feeling - here about the neck and elsewhere, and then an unbearable itch. Of course he has molted a few times before but that is nothing in comparison to the tickle and urge that he feels now. He must shed his tight dry skin, or die."
I hope that with each day to come I will find myself letting go of the past and embracing the future, rather than embracing my past and neglecting to enjoy the present and future moments to come.