Strength through struggle

Last Island · #1 Monday, October 29, 2007

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"!

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 ........
I received everything I needed!

"So blessed be Allah, the best of creators!" [Surah 23 : verse 14]

Princess Royal · #2 Monday, October 29, 2007

All the good and bad moments that come in our life are from Allah. We should not only remember Him in sorrow but in joy as well. He surely knows what is beneficial and what is harmful for us. He is our lord. We should leave our selves and our matters to Him and His protection and seek for His guidance and reward.
From past few days there was a question popping up in my mind. Today after reading this, I got it answered. Thanks a lot dear sis for sharing such nice and useful stuff with us. I really love to read your threads, and appreciate your work a lot. May Allah bless you with abundant happiness and fulfill each and every desire of your heart and keep you in His protection, ameen. But yes, do keep sharing such stuff with us.
Regards,
Nida.

Nonchalant · #3 Tuesday, October 30, 2007

in my view...
Sometimes most of the parents act like the man in the cocoon story
which helped the butterfly....though with good intentions,but they should realise that children need their own time to live---Let them live each and every moment of their childhood
May Allah give guidance to all of us
Ameen

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