Butterfly and Cocoon, Struggle Stories

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 appearedas if it had gotten as far as it could and it
could gono farther.
Then the man decided to help the Butterfly, so 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 andexpand 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 this man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that
the restricting Cocoon and the struggle required for the Butterflyto
get through the tiny opening were nature'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.
Moral:Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life.If
nature allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles, it
would cripple us. We would not be as strong aswhat we could have been.
And we could never fly. Freedom and flight would only come after the
struggle (Jihad)
Be sure we shall test you with something of fear and hunger, some loss
in goods or lives or the fruits (of your toil), but give glad tidings
to thosewho patiently persevere. Noble Qur'an (2:155)