A guide for your personal transformation. Thoughts, musings, mythical stories, and creations - inspired by a caterpillar's journey to become a butterfly.
Updated every Friday.
Write a tale of your ordinary life. You are the central character. The characters in your tale, including you, are not human; maybe they are animals, mythical beings, plants or something else. In the tale, explain what your ordinary life is like. Are you happy? Will you walk through the Golden Gateway some day? Do you want to or even know that it exists? Have you walked through the Golden Gateway already?
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Why Not Stay a Caterpillar? It's Your Choice.
The ordinary world is what you know.
It's safe.
Other caterpillars are around you.
You don't want to be alone.
You don't like the unknown.
You want to be told how to live.
You have fun.
You have love.
So what about those inklings you are feeling—are they even real?
- OR –
You look for more than the ordinary world.
There's so much out there that you haven't seen.
You have more to offer.
You like the adventure.
You can do it.
You'll be strong, even as others disapprove.
You'll learn and grow.
Your life will expand.
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Does a Caterpillar Know?
Is all of life contained in the ordinary world? Is there more? What is the purpose of ordinary existence?
A caterpillar does not have the capacity to answer these questions. Nor do you in the ordinary world. You have to take a step away in order to answer them. The answers lie in the beyond—outside of the ordinary. But how can you, in the ordinary world, see that? To move beyond requires a leap of faith and a solo path for a while.
For the caterpillar, the choice is not his or hers to make. Nature predestines it. For you, it is your choice to make.
Will you stay in the ordinary world or walk away from it? Are you game?
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Author's Note
What do you think – are you still living in the ordinary world? Do you want out or is it fine for you?
Did you write a tale? I'd love to hear about it.
Thanks for reading Chapter One! Chapter Two coming soon!
