Earl
Nightingale told how on one National Secretaries Day he gave his secretary
flowers and she remarked how beautiful they were. She also said that she
couldn't understand why they didn't have any scent.
He informed her that
the flowers came from a hothouse and explained that because flowers raised in
this type of environment have everything done for them, they don't have to
attract insects to pollinate them. As a result they lose their scent. In the
same way fruit raised in a hothouse, because it doesn't need to attract insects
to scatter its seeds, doesn't taste as good as fruit grown in its natural
environment.
It's similar to the child who wanted to help a butterfly out
of its cocoon by putting a slit in it and, in so doing, caused it to die. He
didn't realize that the struggle to get out of the cocoon is needed to
strengthen the butterfly's wings so that it is able to fly.
When people
do too much for us or overprotect us, especially in our early developmental
years, they can do serious harm to us. And even in adulthood it's the problems
and difficulties we have that strengthen us, build character, give wisdom,
understanding, and compassion—if we let them.
Dear God
help me
not to run
from my fears,
trials, and problems
but accept them
as opportunities
for personal
and spiritual growth.
Thank
you for hearing and answering my prayerz
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