It's okay to be confused or unsure. It's okay to be half-caterpillar and half-butterfly. It's how one day you'll fly.
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It's okay to be confused or unsure. It's okay to be half-caterpillar and half-butterfly. It's how one day you'll fly.
It's okay to be confused or unsure.
Often, it's a symptom that you are in the process of escaping the hellish prision that is the comfort zone, and that you are beginning to awaken into spiritual lucidity, into a realer world that is infinitely more vivid, and vast, and beautiful.
It's okay to be half-caterpillar and half-butterfly. In fact, going through it is the only way you'll ever fly.
"The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master."
I believe spiritual freedom (a.k.a. self-discipline) manifests as bravery, confidence, grace, honesty, love, and inner peace.
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This quites resonates well with me. It's okay to be down sometimes. One can hit the rock bottom, learn from the fallings, them come up stronger and better. Failures are ways we learn how to fly.
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In terms of human beings, the growth cycle is slow and starts as an infant to adulthood. In the beginning, our full potential of maturity and level of knowledge and wisdom has not fully developed.
As humans continuously learn new things to advance their level of maturity and understanding, I agree we will always have moments of confusion or uncertainty.
I believe once a focused state of clarity involving the elements of self-discipline, education, moral values, spiritual enlightenment, and shared knowledge or experiences, in due time, will change an (ugly) soul into a (beautiful) mind with clear intentions and intellectual thoughts to soar just like the butterfly with no limits to where the new path discovered takes you.
Failure is the uncertainty that is the confusing part to many humans, which leads to stagnation or staying within a comfort zone. Failure is the motivation for the next phase or stage to have a successful growth from mistakes learned along the way.
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I feel like I've amassed a good amount of skills and knowledge. At the same time, I feel stupid when I come across competitors who are already thriving in the field.
I am indeed in a "half-caterpillar and half-butterfly" stage. But yeah, as long as I don't step back and recoil into the familiar comfort of being a whole caterpillar again, I'm certain I'll continue to evolve into a vibrant butterfly and fly high.
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I find solace in the notion that being half-caterpillar and half-butterfly is acceptable, even necessary for eventual flight. This metaphor resonates with my life, emphasizing that going through discomfort and uncertainty is an essential part of my transformative journey towards personal growth and spiritual awakening.
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