The Cocoon

[Tosh]

The Cocoon















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, shrivelled







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"!













I asked for Strength.........................






And Allah gave me Difficulties to make





me strong.




I asked for Wisdom.........................






And Allah gave me Problems to solve.







I asked for Prosperity.....................






And Allah gave me Brain and Brawn to work.







I asked for Courage.......................








And Allah gave me Danger to overcome.







I asked for Love.............................






And Allah gave me troubled people to help.







I asked for Favours.......................




And Allah gave me Opportunities.







I received nothing I wanted ........ but




Alhamdulillah by Allah’s grace...............









I received everything I needed!

[Tosh]

Apologies for the format, its from an e-mail, however in some ways it adds to the lesson.

InshaAllah we all learn a lesson from it.

I don't normally do email forwards but this one particularly struck me.

Salaam my brothers and sisters,
;)