Story - About Struggling...A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day asmall opening appeared. He sat and watched thebutterfly for several hours as it struggled to force itsbody through that little hole. Then it seemed to stopmaking any progress. It appeared as if it had gottenas far as it could, and it could go no further.So the man decided to help the butterfly. He tooka pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bitof the cocoon.The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had aswollen body and small, shriveled wings.The man continued to watch the butterfly becausehe expected that, at any moment, the wings wouldenlarge and expand to be able to support thebody, which would contract in time.Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent therest of its life crawling around with a swollen bodyand shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.What the man, in his kindness and haste, did notunderstand was that the restricting cocoon andthe struggle required for the butterfly to getthrough the tiny opening were Allah's way offorcing fluid from the body of the butterfly intoits wings so that it would be ready for flightonce it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need inour lives. If Allah allowed us to go through ourlives without any obstacles, it would cripple us.We would not be as strong as what we couldhave been. We could never "fly"!

Story - About Struggling...
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 required for the butterfly to get
through the tiny opening were Allah's way of
forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly 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 lives. If Allah allowed us to go through our
lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us.
We would not be as strong as what we could
have been. We could never "fly"!