Becoming an XP Butterfly…

Think about a caterpillar morphing into a butterfly, a beautiful analogy for change…

I’m sure we all feel like a caterpillar at times, an ugly, undeveloped, unconfident self. We all want to be the butterfly – the gorgeous finished product, flying about with grace and beauty, experiencing bliss everywhere we go. We all want to be seen as beautiful, respectable, and lovely. But, how do we get to that?

It isn’t so easy, some would say.  Often, we see people who have become the finished product: a successful, beautiful, powerful human being who has it all. We all see people who we respect, admire and wish we were like.  However, those people did not come into it without a lot of work on themselves, perhaps spiritually, emotionally, mentally and physically.

We all want to be the butterfly, but do we really want to go through the process that it takes to become that? Think about what you see in yourself as the caterpillar.  You might be all caterpillar in your opinion, or some percentage of caterpillar versus a percentage of butterfly. Perhaps you’ve been working on yourself for quite a while and you’ve already transformed some parts of yourself that were undeveloped before now. Perhaps you feel like you might even be getting close to being a butterfly.

Truly, I have now discovered, that my new self was always there, just as the butterfly was always there in the caterpillar. It wasn’t really visible before the transformation, but the blueprint and the potential was always there and present. I think of my new self as the eternal, deeper self: the Me that was always present.

I would encourage you to simply stop and be the butterfly that you know you can be. Stop all the wondering, fixing of yourself, and all the searching. You are already know what you want to become. All you have to do is step out of who you think you are for just a moment.

Be patient. It doesn’t have to happen overnight – you can’€™t rush the process.  All you have to do is relax, drop the old stories and habits, and be determined to work hard and be the best you can be.  It is actually very simple. Of course, some of your old caterpillar ways might reappear and assert themselves now and then, but you can always redirect your awareness back into the butterfly-you at any and all times.

Be at peace. All you must do is relax and let your XP butterfly come forth!